Tuesday, 18 August 2026
Vote: Bills — Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Paul Goldsmith
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
Hon RACHEL BROOKING: Thank you, Mr Speaker. It is, talking of novel tort claims, fairly novel for me to be speaking on a bill that’s gone before the Justice Committee, but here we go. I have an interesting relationship with torts, and... Read more →
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📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Blocking tort lawsuits against climate emitters”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Blocking tort lawsuits against climate emitters.
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)
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🏛️ 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 |