Wednesday, 10 August 2016
Vote: Bills — Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That the Oaths and Declarations (Endorsing the Principles of the Treaty of Waitangi) Amendment Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Marama Fox
(Māori Party — List Member)
MARAMA FOX (Co-Leader—Māori Party): Kia ora, Mr Deputy Speaker. I am a little bit bemused. In fact, I wonder at this House in 2016—how we can continue to bathe in the lack of understanding and ignorance that engulfs our country in respect of the Treaty.... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Treaty of Waitangi reference in the MPs' oath”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Treaty of Waitangi reference in the MPs' oath.
🛑 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
(50 Ayes – 71 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.
🏛️ Party breakdown
| Party | Aye | No |
|---|---|---|
| ACT New Zealand | 1 | 0 |
| Green Party | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 0 | 59 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |