Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Vote: Bills โ Natural Environment Bill
โ Second Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Natural Environment Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Chris Bishop
(New Zealand National Party โ Member for Hutt South)
ARENA WILLIAMS: Meitaki maata, Mr Speaker. Happy Cook Islands Mฤori Language Week. This is an important piece of legislation for us to be debating, and as the speaker before me said, we are looking forward to the committee stage,... Read more โ
HansardID: voice-vote-1419b029-b035-0727-9ba6-b8fffe62d452
๐ We've linked this vote to our
โReplacing the Resource Management Actโ
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Replacing the Resource Management Act.
โ Passed by a narrow margin
(67 Ayes โ 54 Noes โ 2 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.
๐๏ธ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 11 | 0 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 0 | 14 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Te Pฤti Mฤori | 0 | 4 |