Tuesday, 29 July 2025
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Water Services) Bill
— Part 1 Preliminary provisions (continued)
🗳️ That Part 1, as amended, be agreed to
Moved by
Tom Rutherford
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Bay of Plenty)
CHAIRPERSON (Teanau Tuiono): Lan Pham’s two tabled amendments to replace clause 3(b)(i) are both out of order as being inconsistent with a previous decision of the committee. Lan Pham’s tabled amendment to clause 3 to insert new paragraph (c) is... 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 |