Tuesday, 12 September 2006
Vote: Bills — Te Arawa Lakes Settlement Bill
— Clauses 1 and 2
🗳️ That clause 2 as amended be agreed to
Hon MARK BURTON (Minister in charge of Treaty of Waitangi Negotiations): I will make just one final, brief contribution to this debate. We have heard from a number of members, including Mr Finlayson who quoted Isaiah. I would like to quote to him Ecclesiastes: “To every thing there is a... 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)