Thursday, 14 September 2006
Vote: Bills — Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Mark Burton
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Taupō)
Hon MITA RIRINUI (Associate Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): Otirā, Te Arawa tangata, Te Arawa waka, nau mai, hara mai, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou. Tēnā koutou i haere tawhiti mai i te hau kāinga i runga i te rangimārie ki te whakatutuki i tēnei tō koutou, tō tātou... 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
(69 Ayes – 49 Noes – 3 Absent)
Hansard recorded how individual MPs from Māori Party voted,
but only a single party-wide total for everyone else. That pattern usually means
Māori Party allowed a conscience vote while the other parties
whipped a single position.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 50 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 47 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 3 | 0 |
✓ Ayes (2)
Māori Party (2)
- Hon Sir Pita Sharples (Member for Tāmaki Makaurau)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)