Tuesday, 6 May 2025
Vote: Bills — Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Tama Potaka
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Hamilton West)
GRANT McCALLUM (National—Northland): Thank you, Mr Speaker. I rise to take the final call in support of the Wildlife (Authorisations) Amendment Bill at its third reading. All we’re doing here is just getting things back on track so that we can go out... 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 – 55 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 | 6 |