Tuesday, 24 June 2025
Vote: Bills — Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Brooke Van Velden
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Tāmaki)
ARENA WILLIAMS (Labour—Manurewa): Thank you, Mr Speaker, for the opportunity to take a call on the Employment Relations (Pay Deductions for Partial Strikes) Amendment Bill, and what a disgraceful bill this is. Dana Kirkpatrick: Point of order, Mr... 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 narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 49 Noes – 5 Absent)
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 |