Tuesday, 30 March 2004
Vote: Bills — Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
David Benson-Pope
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Dunedin South)
SHANE ARDERN (National—Taranaki - King Country): Finally, I get to make a contribution in the third reading of the Radio New Zealand Amendment Bill. I rise to speak in opposition to the bill, and I do so for a number of reasons. I was interested to hear the... 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 narrow margin
(70 Ayes – 47 Noes – 3 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 | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 52 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 26 |
| Progressive | 2 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |