Wednesday, 11 March 2026
Vote: Bills — Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Sales on Anzac Day Morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day) Amendment Bill
— Committee of the Whole House
🗳️ That the amendment be agreed to
Moved by
Arena Williams
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Manurewa)
ARENA WILLIAMS: I move, That debate on this question now close. Motion agreed to. CHAIRPERSON (Greg O'Connor): The question is that Cameron Luxton’s amendments to Part 1 set out on Amendment Paper 531 be agreed to. A personal vote... Read more →
🙋 Personal (conscience) vote — MPs voted as individuals rather than
following their party's position. These are typically called on moral or ethical
questions (e.g. euthanasia, abortion, alcohol law, marriage law), where by convention
parties don't whip their members into a single position.
✓ Passed by a clear majority
(60 Ayes – 40 Noes – 23 Absent)
✓ Ayes (58)
New Zealand National Party
(27)
- Miles Anderson (Member for Waitaki)
- Dan Bidois (Member for Northcote)
- Chris Bishop (Member for Hutt South)
- Cameron Brewer (Member for Upper Harbour)
- Mike Butterick (Member for Wairarapa)
- Dr Hamish Campbell (Member for Ilam)
- Greg Fleming (Member for Maungakiekie)
- Paulo Garcia (Member for New Lynn)
- Nicola Grigg (Member for Selwyn)
- Ryan Hamilton (Member for Hamilton East)
- Dana Kirkpatrick (Member for East Coast)
- Barbara Kuriger (Member for Taranaki-King Country)
- David Macleod (Member for New Plymouth)
- Grant McCallum (Member for Northland)
- James Meager (Member for Rangitata)
- Hon Mark Mitchell (Member for Whangaparāoa)
- Joseph Mooney (Member for Southland)
- Katie Nimon (Member for Napier)
- Maureen Pugh (Member for West Coast-Tasman)
- Suze Redmayne (Member for Rangitīkei)
- Dr Shane Reti (Member for Whangārei)
- Tom Rutherford (Member for Bay of Plenty)
- Stuart Smith (Member for Kaikōura)
- Hon Louise Upston (Member for Taupō)
- Catherine Wedd (Member for Tukituki)
- Dr Vanessa Weenink (Member for Banks Peninsula)
- Nicola Willis (List Member)
New Zealand Labour Party
(21)
- Ginny Andersen (List Member)
- Camilla Belich (List Member)
- Glen Bennett (List Member)
- Rachel Boyack (Member for Nelson)
- Rachel Brooking (Member for Dunedin)
- Reuben Davidson (Member for Christchurch East)
- Shanan Halbert (List Member)
- Hon Peeni Henare (List Member)
- Hon Chris Hipkins (Member for Remutaka)
- Willie Jackson (List Member)
- Jo Luxton (List Member)
- Kieran McAnulty (List Member)
- Hon Damien O'Connor (List Member)
- Hon Priyanca Radhakrishnan (List Member)
- Dr Deborah Russell (List Member)
- Hon Carmel Sepuloni (Member for Kelston)
- Cushla Tangaere-Manuel (Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
- Hon Jan Tinetti (List Member)
- Tangi Utikere (Member for Palmerston North)
- Hon Dr Ayesha Verrall (List Member)
- Dr Duncan Webb (Member for Christchurch Central)
ACT New Zealand
(10)
- Mark Cameron (List Member)
- Karen Chhour (List Member)
- Simon Court (List Member)
- Hon Andrew Hoggard (List Member)
- Cameron Luxton (List Member)
- Nicole McKee (List Member)
- Parmjeet Parmar (List Member)
- David Seymour (Member for Epsom)
- Todd Stephenson (List Member)
- Brooke Van Velden (Member for Tāmaki)
✕ Noes (37)
Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand
(13)
- Steve Abel (List Member)
- Kahurangi Carter (List Member)
- Hon Julie Anne Genter (Member for Rongotai)
- Francisco Hernandez (List Member)
- Hūhana Lyndon (List Member)
- Ricardo Menéndez March (List Member)
- Tamatha Paul (Member for Wellington Central)
- Lan Pham (List Member)
- Chlöe Swarbrick (Member for Auckland Central)
- Teanau Tuiono (List Member)
- Celia Wade-Brown (List Member)
- Scott Willis (List Member)
- Dr Lawrence Xu-Nan (List Member)
New Zealand First Party
(8)
- Jamie Arbuckle (List Member)
- Hon Casey Costello (List Member)
- Andy Foster (List Member)
- Shane Jones (List Member)
- Jenny Marcroft (List Member)
- Mark William James Patterson (List Member)
- Rt Hon Winston Peters (List Member)
- Dr David Wilson (List Member)
New Zealand Labour Party
(8)
- Barbara Edmonds (Member for Mana)
- Ingrid Leary (Member for Taieri)
- Greg O'Connor (Member for Ōhāriu)
- Willow-Jean Prime (List Member)
- Hon Jenny Salesa (Member for Panmure-Ōtāhuhu)
- Lemauga Lydia Sosene (Member for Māngere)
- Helen White (Member for Mount Albert)
- Arena Williams (Member for Manurewa)
New Zealand National Party
(8)
- Carl Bates (Member for Whanganui)
- Dr Carlos Cheung (Member for Mount Roskill)
- Tim Costley (Member for Ōtaki)
- Hon Paul Goldsmith (List Member)
- Melissa Lee (List Member)
- Rima Nakhle (Member for Takanini)
- Tama Potaka (Member for Hamilton West)
- Sam Uffindell (Member for Tauranga)