Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Vote: Bills — Policing Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Policing Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Mark Mitchell
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Whangaparāoa)
RIMA NAKHLE: Mr Assistant Speaker Rutherford, it’s a pleasure to see you in the Speaker’s Chair for the first time—congratulations. The National Party and I strongly commend this bill to the House—strongly—because all I think... Read more →
Policing Amendment Bill would let police film you, detain you, and demand your name at any public gathering - Free Speech Union
Hamed v R - Wikipedia
Policing Amendment Bill to reaffirm police can record images, sounds in some places - The Lawyer
Video Camera Surveillance (Temporary Measures) Act 2011 - Wikipedia
Search and Surveillance Act 2012 - Wikipedia
HansardID: voice-vote-5013c055-5409-68e0-07d8-be345d548972
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Expanding police surveillance and recording powers”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Expanding police surveillance and recording powers.
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 clear majority
(67 Ayes – 30 Noes – 26 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 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 21 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |