Tuesday, 18 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Crimes Legislation (Stalking and Harassment) Amendment Bill
— Part 1 Amendments to Crimes Act 1961
🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to
CHAIRPERSON (Greg O’Connor): The question is that the Hon Ginny Andersen’s amendments to clause 4, new section 216O(1)(b), to replace “knowing” with “without believing on reasonable grounds” and replace “likely” with “unlikely” be agreed to. Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(55 Ayes – 68 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 | 0 | 11 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 15 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 49 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 4 | 0 |