Tuesday, 11 November 2025
Vote: Bills — Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2)
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Education and Training Amendment Bill (No 2) be now read a third time
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Thank you, Mr Speaker. Well, it’s great to have the privilege to take the last call on this bill. It’s a great bill. Listening to the people on the other side of the House, I’m beginning to think they’ve missed the...
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 narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 55 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 | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |