Thursday, 7 April 2016
Vote: Bills — Te Pire mō Te Reo Māori / Māori Language Bill
— New clauses 3A and 3B
🗳️ That Te Wāhanga 1AA to Te Wāhanga 4, Parts 1AA to 4, te āpitihanga 1 o te āpitihanga 8, and schedules 1 to 8 as amended be agreed to
The CHAIRPERSON (Hon Trevor Mallard): Can I just intersperse a warning to whips, and that is the fact that there is every chance that we will go after 6 o’clock tonight and they should be warning people not to leave the building while voting on amendments... Read more →
✓ Passed by a large majority
(108 Ayes – 12 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 | 13 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |