Tuesday, 22 September 2026
Vote: Bills โ Planning Bill
โ Third Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Planning Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Chris Bishop
(New Zealand National Party โ Member for Hutt South)
TANGI UTIKERE: Kia orana. Thank you, Madam Speaker. It is a disappointing day in the New Zealand Parliament when we are looking to progress through the final stages the two remaining bills. As youโve heard already, the Labour Party... Read more โ
HansardID: voice-vote-472d1a62-c0bb-4010-fcb3-18b0a9bab091
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.
Third Reading โ 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.
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 |