Tuesday, 23 September 2008
Vote: Privilege — Members’ Pecuniary Interests—Gifts and Donations
🗳️ That the words “censure Rt Hon Winston Peters for knowingly providing false or misleading information on a return of pecuniary interests” be deleted and the following words inserted: “note that several members of Parliament had legal fighting funds and did not disclose donations to these as it was unclear that this was required”
Moved by
Rodney Hide
(ACT New Zealand — Member for Epsom)
Rt Hon WINSTON PETERS (Leader—NZ First): Over 29 finance houses have collapsed, owing $3 billion to mainly older New Zealanders. Hundreds of thousands of people face home affordability problems— Rodney Hide: I raise a point of order, Mr Speaker. We were... Read more →
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(57 Ayes – 62 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 | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 0 | 6 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 3 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 47 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |