Tuesday, 1 September 2026
Vote: Disability Support Services Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Disability Support Services Bill be now read a third time
RIMA NAKHLE: It is very sad witnessing members of the Opposition once again using our disabled community as a political football. Yes, there were aspects of the bill that, as first introduced, raised concern, but the Minister for... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Family carers as unpaid support rather than paid employees”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Family carers as unpaid support rather than paid employees.
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 – 55 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 | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 34 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 4 |