Motions — New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987—35th Anniversary

I seek leave to move a motion without notice and without debate to recognise the 35th anniversary of the passage of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act 1987.

💬 SPEAKER: Is there any objection to that course of action being followed? There appears to be none.

I move, That this House recognise the 35th anniversary of the commencement of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Zone, Disarmament, and Arms Control Act on 8 June 1987, and note that for more than a generation this legislation has shaped Aotearoa New Zealand’s independent foreign policy and that it remains a touchstone for our relationships with the Pacific and with the rest of the world.

Kia tau te āio ki te rangi, kia tau te mārire ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa. Kia tau te rangimārie ki ngā tāngata katoa. Ka tihei te ora o te moana, ka tihei te mauri o te tangata nō reira, tihei mauri ora.

[Let there be calm in the heavens and peace over the Pacific. Let there be harmony between all people. Behold the life of the ocean, behold the essence of humankind and therefore behold the sneeze of life.]

Motion agreed to.