Wednesday, 11 May 2016
Vote: Bills — Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill
— First Reading
🗳️ That Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill be now read a first time
Moved by
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
(Māori Party — Member for Waiariki)
Dr SHANE RETI (National—Whangarei): It is a pleasure to take a short call on Te Ture Whenua Māori Bill. I would like to commend the Minister for Māori Development and the officials for getting the bill here to this first stage. I would like to contest... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 58 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 | 0 | 14 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |