Thursday, 17 March 2005
Vote: Bills — Ngāti Awa Claims Settlement Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Ngati Awa Claims Settlement Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Mark Burton
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Taupō)
Rt Hon JONATHAN HUNT (Labour): I want to say very briefly that the aim of this bill is to record the acknowledgments and apology given by the Crown to Ngāti Awa in the deed of settlement dated 27 March 2003 between the Crown and Ngāti Awa, and to... 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
(96 Ayes – 19 Noes – 5 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 | 6 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 1 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 13 |
| New Zealand Labour | 51 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 27 | 0 |
| United Future | 8 | 0 |