🗳️ That the Arms Bill be now read a third time

Moved by Nicole McKee (ACT New Zealand — List Member)

GLEN BENNETT: Kia ora, Mr Speaker. I rise as another member of the Labour Party to take a call to oppose this Arms Bill. We’re at the stage of the third reading where this is kind of, I guess, the end of the line. Unless some... Read more →

📋 Banning gang members from firearms licences 📋 Easing firearms licensing and dealership rules

Biggest overhaul of gun regulations in decades passes into law - RNZ Submission: Arms Bill - NZ Council for Civil Liberties Biggest overhaul of gun regulations in decades passes into law - RNZ

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📜 Official Hansard transcript

📋 We've linked this vote to our “Banning gang members from firearms licences” policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote for Banning gang members from firearms licences.

📋 We've linked this vote to our “Easing firearms licensing and dealership rules” policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote for Easing firearms licensing and dealership rules.

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.

How a Bill becomes law · Chapter 40: Third Reading and Royal Assent

✓ Passed by a narrow margin (67 Ayes – 53 Noes – 3 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	48	0
Te Pāti Māori	0	2