Tuesday, 4 August 2026
Vote: Planning Bill
โ Second Reading
๐ณ๏ธ That the Planning Bill be now read a second time
Hon PRIYANCA RADHAKRISHNAN: Thank you, Madam Speaker. The RMA, or the Resource Management Act, was a significant piece of legislation that aimed to do two things: to improve environmental protections and to lend itself to town planning reform.... Read more โ
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.
โ Passed by a narrow margin
(67 Ayes โ 55 Noes โ 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.
๐๏ธ 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 Pฤti Mฤori | 0 | 4 |