Wednesday, 16 June 2010
Vote: Bills — Local Electoral (Māori Representation) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Local Electoral (Māori Representation) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
(Māori Party — Member for Waiariki)
TE URUROA FLAVELL (Māori Party—Waiariki): Kia ora anō tātau e te Whare. Ka mihi atu ki te āhuatanga o ngā kōrero kua kōrerohia, ā, tino rata atu au ki ngā kōrero kua puta i ētahi. He kawa tonu te kōrero a wētahi engari, he pai tērā. [Greetings to us once... Read more →
🛑 Bill failed here — this reading vote failed, and a bill can't proceed
past a failed reading. So even though this isn't the third reading, it's the last we saw
of this bill: it doesn't get another vote after this one.
✕ Failed by a narrow margin
(57 Ayes – 64 Noes – 1 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 0 | 5 |
| Green Party | 9 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 5 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 43 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 58 |
| United Future | 0 | 1 |