Tuesday, 2 September 2008
Vote: Bills — Policing Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Policing Bill be now read a third time
HONE HARAWIRA (Māori Party—Te Tai Tokerau): On 25 October last year a crowd of over 700 kaumātua, pakeke, rangatahi, and tamariki marched through Rotorua in a peaceful protest against the police terrorism raids into Tūhoe. They marched for civil liberties, they... 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
(108 Ayes – 2 Noes – 10 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 | 4 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 48 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 44 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |