Tuesday, 31 August 2004
Vote: Bills — Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill be now read a first time.
Moved by
Steve Maharey
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Palmerston North)
Dr WAYNE MAPP (National—North Shore): I acknowledge the people of Ngāti Awa. I appreciate that it has taken a long time to get to this day. I also note that the heads of agreement was first signed on 21 December 1998, so for the previous member to make... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(112 Ayes – 7 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 | 7 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 27 | 0 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |