Tuesday, 1 April 2003
Vote: Third Readings
🗳️ That the Treaty of Waitangi Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Parekura Horomia
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti)
DAVID BENSON-POPE (NZ Labour—Dunedin South): Now we have heard it all, and I am very glad that those statements, made not by the previous speaker but by her predecessor, have been made. At election time, this Parliament and this country were told by the party... 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
(108 Ayes – 8 Noes – 4 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 | 0 | 8 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 26 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |