Wednesday, 23 July 2008
Vote: Bills — New Zealand-China Free Trade Agreement Bill
— Part 3 Amendments to Radiocommunications Act 1989
🗳️ That the amendments be agreed to
JOHN HAYES (National—Wairarapa): Thank you very much Madam Chair, but I would draw to your attention that there is a mirror-image process going on in the Chinese system so that the two sides of the telescope actually connect in the middle. It is, of... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(102 Ayes – 15 Noes – 4 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 | 2 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 48 | 0 |
| Progressive | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |