Wednesday, 15 October 2025
Vote: Bills — Education and Training (Vocational Education and Training System) Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Education and Training (Vocational Education and Training System) Amendment Bill be now read a third time
TĀKUTA FERRIS (Te Pāti Māori—Te Tai Tonga): Tēnā tātou. We’ve been discussing the bill a lot today and, look, I’ve been in education myself for 25 years. I know that I look young, but that’s how long it’s been. I started early—very early. Carl Bates: It was 15...
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
(68 Ayes – 55 Noes)
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 | 49 | 0 |
| Te Pāti Māori | 0 | 6 |