Wednesday, 22 February 2006
Vote: Bills — Treaty of Waitangi (Principles) Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Treaty of Waitangi (Principles) Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Rodney Hide
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Epsom)
RODNEY HIDE (Leader—ACT): I thank everyone for their contribution. I especially thank the National Party for supporting this bill. The ACT caucus is totally united behind this bill, and with National Party support I calculate that we have 50... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Treaty of Waitangi principles in legislation”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
against Treaty of Waitangi principles in legislation.
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(50 Ayes – 71 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 | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 50 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 0 | 3 |