Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Vote: Bills — Oranga Tamariki (Parent’s and Guardian’s Responsibility) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Oranga Tamariki (Parent’s and Guardian’s Responsibility) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Barbara Kuriger
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Taranaki-King Country)
BARBARA KURIGER (National—Taranaki - King Country): Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker. It’s a pleasure to take a right of reply tonight. We’ve had some very heated discussion, and, to me, that is positive because it shows everybody across this House cares deeply about... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(57 Ayes – 63 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 | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 8 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 46 |
| New Zealand National | 56 | 0 |