Thursday, 12 March 2020
Vote: Bills — Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Local Government (Rating of Whenua Māori) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Nanaia Mahuta
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Hauraki-Waikato)
Hon DAVID BENNETT (National—Hamilton East): Mr Speaker, thank you. I just wanted to take a short call on this bill because I do actually have a bit of sympathy for what the Government members have been saying around the issue of Māori land. We need to be... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 56 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 | 0 | 1 |
| Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 9 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 46 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 54 |