Wednesday, 7 November 2007
Vote: Bills — Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi Deletion Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Pita Paraone
(New Zealand First Party — List Member)
Hon BRIAN DONNELLY (NZ First): I want to commence by saying to members of the House that since we left here at 6 o’clock I have been involved in a Māori language lesson. It was very, very intensive, but I have to say te reo Māori Kuki Airani. As I... 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 large majority
(7 Ayes – 112 Noes – 2 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 49 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 0 | 1 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |