Thursday, 21 August 2025
Vote: Bills — Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Summary Offences (Demonstrations Near Residential Premises) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
TIM COSTLEY (National—Ōtaki): What a shameful display from a Labour Party that has lost its way so much—not one single policy idea. Instead, they just find themselves entrenched in this behaviour of opposing anything that comes up, no matter how...
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 54 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 | 5 |