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Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Vote: Bills — Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Sales on Anzac Day Morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day) Amendment Bill — Second Reading

🗳️ That the Sale and Supply of Alcohol (Sales on Anzac Day Morning, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Christmas Day) Amendment Bill be now read a second time

ASSISTANT SPEAKER: The member’s time has come to an end. Members, just a reminder that we’ve been operating, shall we say, on the edge of the Standing Orders for some speeches now. I determined, as I said before, there would be two more...

HansardID: a61724be-fc95-fa89-873d-599956a27c34
🙋 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 narrow margin (67 Ayes – 54 Noes – 2 Absent)

✓ Ayes (65)

New Zealand National Party (33)
New Zealand Labour Party (20)
ACT New Zealand (10)
Independent (2)

✕ Noes (53)

Green Party of Aotearoa / New Zealand (15)
New Zealand National Party (15)
New Zealand Labour Party (11)
New Zealand First Party (8)
Māori Party (4)