Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Vote: Bills — Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill
— Part 2 Cultural redress: vesting of Te Arawa lakebeds
🗳️ That Part 2 as amended be agreed to
CHRISTOPHER FINLAYSON (National): I agree with the previous speaker that this is the first time the concept of Crown stratum has appeared in settlement legislation. He has raised some very interesting questions that really need to be addressed. I... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(68 Ayes – 47 Noes – 6 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 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 (1)
Māori Party (1)
- Hon Dame Tariana Turia (Member for Te Tai Hauāuru)