Tuesday, 22 July 2025
Vote: Bills — Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Chris Penk
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Kaipara ki Mahurangi)
DANA KIRKPATRICK (National—East Coast): Thank you, Madam Speaker. I am pleased to rise and take this last and final call on the Outer Space and High-altitude Activities Amendment Bill. We fully support the bill. We are pleased to see a regulatory framework... Read more →
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 large majority
(117 Ayes – 5 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 | 15 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 5 |