Thursday, 27 September 2012
Vote: Bills — National War Memorial Park (Pukeahu) Empowering Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the National War Memorial Park (Pukeahu) Empowering Bill be now read a third time.
Moved by
Hon Christopher Finlayson
(New Zealand National Party — List Member)
MIKE SABIN (National—Northland): It is a privilege to take this last call on this very important bill, the National War Memorial Park (Pukeahu) Empowering Bill. As a former serviceman, whose father, Lew Sabin, and my uncle, Lew Gibb, were also former... Read more →
Third Reading — 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.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(104 Ayes – 15 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 0 | 14 |
| Mana | 0 | 1 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 8 | 0 |
| New Zealand Labour | 33 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |