Thursday, 7 April 2016
Vote: Bills — Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill
— Te Wāhanga 1AA to Te Wāhanga 4, Parts 1AA to 4, te āpitihanga 1 to te āpitihanga 8, and schedules 1 to 8
🗳️ That the question be now put
Moved by
Jami-Lee Ross
(New Zealand National Party — Member for Botany)
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): We have been going now for, I think, about 3½ hours on the combined debate. I have not added up everything that happened in the previous hour and a half, but over the last 2 hours and a bit we have had well over 20... Read more →
✓ Passed by a narrow margin
(63 Ayes – 57 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 | 13 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 0 | 32 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |