Tuesday, 16 September 2025
Vote: Bills — Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Climate Change Response (Emissions Trading Scheme—Forestry Conversion) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
DEPUTY SPEAKER: You’ve already spoken on this piece of legislation. You can’t speak a second time. That is why, when there was competition for Te Pāti Māori call, there was only one applicant—because you’d already spoken. I’m about...
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 – 20 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 Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 5 |