Thursday, 31 July 2025
Vote: Bills — Crown Minerals Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Crown Minerals Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Simon Watts
(New Zealand National Party — Member for North Shore)
Dr CARLOS CHEUNG (National—Mt Roskill): This bill ensures we have the right settings to address energy security and keep prices affordable. Without natural gas, either we face an energy shortage or we actually risk relying more on coal, which results in... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Less red tape for mining industry”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Less red tape for mining industry.
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 |