Wednesday, 16 September 2015
Vote: Bills — Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Reserve and Other Lands Disposal Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Peseta Sam Lotu-Iiga
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Maungakiekie)
POTO WILLIAMS (Labour—Christchurch East): I rise to take a short call. There have been some really useful contributions on the Reserves and Other Lands Disposal Bill, and I do want to make the point that this is a bill that will tidy up a whole lot of issues... Read more →
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 large majority
(107 Ayes – 12 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 12 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |