New Zealand Day Bill

The Bill proposes that New Zealand Day be celebrated on the day presently known as Waitangi Day, 6 February.

Bill Events

Event	Date		Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Second Reading	16 May 2007, 13 Jun 2007 (resumed)	Motion not agreed: That the New Zealand Day Bill be now read a second time.	Ayes 2 United F. 2	Noes 117 Labour 49 National 48 NZ First 7 Green 6 Maori 4 Progres. 1 indep. 2 (Field, Copeland)	-
SC Reports	23 Feb 2007	The Justice and Electoral Committee reported on this bill.
Submissions Due	29 Jul 2005
First Reading	6 Apr 2005		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
Introduction	21 Oct 2004

* We don't have voting data from before Nov 2005 in our database at present.