Tuesday, 15 September 2026
Vote: India Export Quotas (Apples, Kiwifruit, and Mānuka Honey) Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the India Free Trade Agreement Legislation Amendment Bill and the India Export Quotas (Apples, Kiwifruit, and Mānuka Honey) Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Todd McClay
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Rotorua)
Hon RACHEL BROOKING: It’s a clarification, Madam Speaker, and that is that the member who had been making this speech, Miles Anderson, had not finished when the next member was standing up next to him. He was standing up before me—I’m not... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Free trade agreements”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Free trade agreements.
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Lowering tariffs”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Lowering tariffs.
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Free trade agreement with India”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Free trade agreement with India.
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 large majority
(93 Ayes – 29 Noes – 1 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 | 15 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand Labour | 34 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |