Thursday, 14 April 2016
Vote: Bills — Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill
— Third Reading
🗳️ That the Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill be now read a third time
Moved by
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
(Māori Party — Member for Waiariki)
JONO NAYLOR (National): Tuatahi, he mihi ki Te Atua, nāna nei ngā mea katoa. Ngā mihi ki ngā manuhiri o Te Whare Pāremata kua tae mai nei i tēnei wā, tēnā koutou katoa. Ngā mihi ki a koutou, ki ngā hoa o Te Whare Pāremata, ā, tēnā koutou.... Read more →
📋 We've linked this vote to our
“Māori language revitalisation”
policy - our best judgment is that a vote for this is a vote
for Māori language revitalisation.
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 – 11 Noes – 5 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 | 13 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 11 |
| New Zealand Labour | 28 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |