Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
RIMA NAKHLE (National—Takanini): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I feel really privileged to be in this position, where, as the last speaker, I am ushering the Crimes (Countering Foreign Interference) Amendment Bill from a bill stage to an Act of Parliament...
Third Reading — this is the last vote a bill needs to
pass before it's sent off to become law. Earlier votes (first reading, second reading, and
any votes on amendments along the way) decide what the bill looks like and whether it
keeps moving forward, but this is the one that actually decides whether it happens at all.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(102 Ayes – 21 Noes)
Hansard didn't name individual MPs for this vote, only how each party voted overall, so
there's no per-member breakdown to show here.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |