Tuesday, 20 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Education and Training (Vocational Education and Training System) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Education and Training (Vocational Education and Training System) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Penny Simmonds
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Invercargill)
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is with great pleasure that I rise to support the Education and Training (Vocational Education and Training System) Amendment Bill. Te Pūkenga has been a failed experiment—a $300 million... Read more →
✓ 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 |