Wednesday, 29 July 2026
Vote: Bills — Employment Leave Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Employment Leave Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Brooke Van Velden
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Tāmaki)
Hon Dr DUNCAN WEBB: Thank you, Madam Speaker. It’s almost sad to see the National Party members stand up and parrot off those remarks when I know that they’re not fools—not all of them, anyway—and if they read the bill, they’d understand... Read more →
HansardID: voice-vote-4c67d285-39de-6e96-df47-be22640779c8
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
(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 | 13 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |