Wednesday, 2 April 2008
Vote: Bills β Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill
β Third Reading
π³οΈ That the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Lynne Pillay
(New Zealand Labour Party β Member for Waitakere)
Hon NANAIA MAHUTA (Minister of Local Government): I rise to take a very brief call on the Waitakere Ranges Heritage Area Bill. In many respects, some would think that one has to be from Waitakere to be able to portray the feelings that local people have towards this... Read more β
Third Reading β 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.
β Passed by a narrow margin
(61 Ayes β 60 Noes)
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.
ποΈ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 2 |
| Green Party | 6 | 0 |
| MΔori Party | 4 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 7 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| Progressive: | 1 | 0 |
| United Future | 0 | 2 |