Tuesday, 19 August 2025
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Water Services) Bill
— Third Readings
🗳️ That the Local Government (Water Services) Bill and the Local Government (Water Services) (Repeals and Amendments) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Casey Costello
(New Zealand First Party — List Member)
DAVID MacLEOD (National—New Plymouth): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I wasn’t part of the select committee that was associated with the committee stage of this bill, but I have had a bit of time in local government, and I saw the challenges around the water... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Three Waters”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Three Waters.
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 – 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 |