Tuesday, 4 March 2008
Vote: Bills — Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Māori Trustee and Māori Development Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Sir Michael Cullen
(New Zealand Labour Party — List Member)
Dr WAYNE MAPP (National—North Shore): We certainly heard a confession tonight, did we not. It was that the revised superior model Māori Trustee that the previous speaker referred to will be receiving funds from the Crown Forestry Rental Trust. I want to... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(66 Ayes – 53 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 | 0 | 4 |
| New Zealand First | 7 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 49 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 48 |
| United Future | 2 | 0 |