Tuesday, 17 February 2004
Vote: Debate on Prime Minister’s Statement
🗳️ That the amendment be amended by omitting all the words after “this House has no confidence in the Labour-led Government because” and the following words inserted: “That Government has no policies to raise New Zealand’s living standards back to the mid part of the OECD; it complacently accepts more than 300,000 working-age adults being dependent on benefits, and it continues down the dangerous road of promoting policies commenced by Labour and continued and promoted by National that treat New Zealanders differently on the basis of their race.”
DONNA AWATERE HUATA (Independent): What is amazing to me is how a so quietly spoken and essentially dull a man as Dr Brash can excite such emotion. That was the most lively speech I have heard from Dr Cullen in quite a while, but I must take issue with... Read more →
✕ Failed by a large majority
(22 Ayes – 98 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 | 8 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 9 |
| New Zealand First | 13 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 52 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 27 |
| Progressive | 0 | 2 |
| UnitedFuture | 0 | 8 |