Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Water Services) Bill
— Part 1 Preliminary provisions (continued)
🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to
Moved by
Tom Rutherford
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Bay of Plenty)
CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): Tākuta Ferris’ tabled amendment to Amendment Paper 346, amending clause 3(a)(ii), is out of order as not being in the correct form of legislation. The question is that the Minister’s amendments to Part 1 set out on... Read more →
✓ 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 |