Tuesday, 26 August 2008
Vote: Bills — Judicial Matters Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Judicial Matters Bill be now read a first time
HONE HARAWIRA (Māori Party—Te Tai Tokerau): Kia ora, Madam Assistant Speaker. Kia ora tātou te Whare. I was thinking about how best to open my speech on this bill, and I happened to raise the subject with a good friend of mine, a Mr Derek Fox, the Māori Party... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(70 Ayes – 49 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 | 6 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |