Thursday, 23 August 2007
Vote: Bills — Major Events Management Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Major Events Management Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Sir Rt Hon Trevor Mallard
(New Zealand Labour Party — Member for Hutt South)
CHRIS TREMAIN (National—Napier): Tēnā koutou. I commence by acknowledging the coronation of King Tuheitia this week. It is an event that the House and the rest of New Zealand should acknowledge. I begin my speech on the Major Events Management Bill... 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 large majority
(114 Ayes – 6 Noes – 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 2 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 3 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |