Thursday, 22 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Invest New Zealand Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Invest New Zealand Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Todd McClay
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Rotorua)
DAN BIDOIS (National—Northcote): Foreign direct investment equals growth. Ireland gets it, and we on this side of the House get it. Invest New Zealand is going to match foreign investors with great opportunities in the Hutt Valley, in Bay of Plenty,... 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 | 33 |
| New Zealand National | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |