Wednesday, 9 March 2016
Vote: Bills — Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill
— Second Reading
🗳️ That the Māori Language (Te Reo Māori) Bill be now read a second time
Moved by
Hon Te Ururoa Flavell
(Māori Party — Member for Waiariki)
JONO NAYLOR (National): Tēnā koe, e Te Mana Whakawā, ā, huri noa i Te Whare nei, tēnā tātou katoa. [Thank you, Mr Deputy Speaker, and acknowledgments to us all throughout this House.] I just purposefully asked my colleague to step aside... 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.
✓ Passed by a large majority
(109 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 | 14 | 0 |
| Māori Party | 2 | 0 |
| New Zealand First | 0 | 12 |
| New Zealand Labour | 32 | 0 |
| New Zealand National | 59 | 0 |
| United Future | 1 | 0 |