Death of Head of State of Samoa

Resolved, That this House notes with sadness the death of His Highness Malietoa Tanumafili II, Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa; that it extends its condolences to his family and the people of Samoa at this time; and looks forward to continuing good relations with Samoa.

Members stood and observed a period of silence as a mark of respect to the memory of the late Head of State of the Independent State of Samoa.

Ballot for Members’ bills

• By leave, agreed that, notwithstanding Standing Order 277(1), if,

(i)	whenever the Clerk is to conduct a ballot under Standing Order 277(2), or
(ii)	on a Wednesday on which Government orders of the day take precedence,

it appears that there will not be four orders of the day for the first readings of Members’ bills available for consideration at the next Wednesday’s sitting at which Members’ orders of the day take precedence, the Clerk may accept notices for the introduction of Members’ bills so as to bring the number of orders available that day up to four.

Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill

Rt Hon Winston Peters moved, and the question was proposed, That the Social Security (Entitlement Cards) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a third time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 119	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand National 48; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 6; Māori Party 4; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 2	ACT New Zealand 2

The bill was read a third time.

State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill

Hon Clayton Cosgrove for Hon Trevor Mallard moved, and the question was proposed, That the State-Owned Enterprises (AgriQuality Limited and Asure New Zealand Limited) Bill be now read a second time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a second time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 65	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Māori Party 4: United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 50	New Zealand National 48; ACT New Zealand 2
Abstentions 6	Green Party 6

The bill was read a second time and set down for Committee stage next sitting day.

Social Security Amendment Bill, Arbitration Amendment Bill, Succession (Homicide) Bill and Wills Bill

The House resolved itself into Committee for further consideration of the Social Security Amendment Bill and consideration of the Arbitration Amendment Bill, Succession (Homicide) Bill and Wills Bill.

(In the Committee)

Social Security Amendment Bill

Part 1 read again.

Russell Fairbrother moved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the question be now put, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 67	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 6; United Future 3;
Progressive 1; Independent: Field	Noes 52
New Zealand National 48; Māori Party 4

Resolved, That the question be now put.

The following amendments were put:

Clause 4:

• Amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 10	Green Party 6; Māori Party 4
Noes 109	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand National 48; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field

Amendment not agreed to.

Clause 9:

• Amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

Amendment not agreed to.

Clause 15:

• Amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

Amendment not agreed to.

Part 1:

• Amendments set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 114 (Hon David Benson-Pope).

On the question, That the amendments be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 67	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; Green Party 6; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 52	New Zealand National 48; Māori Party 4

Resolved, That the amendments be agreed to.

On the question, That Part 1, as amended, stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 58	New Zealand National 48; Green Party 6; Māori Party 4

Resolved, That Part 1, as amended, stand part.

Part 2 read.

Steve Chadwick moved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the question be now put, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 58	New Zealand National 48; Green Party 6; Māori Party 4

Resolved, That the question be now put.

The following amendments were put:

Clause 23:

• Amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 10	Green Party 6; Māori Party 4
Noes 109	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand National 48; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field

Amendment not agreed to.

New clause 33A:

• Amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 114 (Hon David Benson-Pope).

Resolved, That the amendment be agreed to.

Clause 36:

• New section 96A(3): amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

Amendment not agreed to.

Clause 36:

• New section 96A(5) to (8): amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

Amendment not agreed to.

Clause 36:

• New section 96A(11): amendment set out on Supplementary Order Paper No 113 (Sue Bradford).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 10	Green Party 6; Māori Party 4
Noes 109	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand National 48; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field

Amendment not agreed to.

On the question, That Part 2, as amended, stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 3; Progressive 1; Independent: Field
Noes 58	New Zealand National 48; Green Party 6; Māori Party 4

Resolved, That Part 2, as amended, stand part.

At 9.58 pm the Chairperson left the Chair to report progress.

Reporting of bills

The Speaker resumed the Chair, and the Chairperson reported progress on the Social Security Amendment Bill.

The Chairperson also reported no progress on the Arbitration Amendment Bill, Succession (Homicide) Bill and Wills Bill.

The Social Security Amendment Bill was set down for further consideration in Committee next sitting day. The Arbitration Amendment Bill, Succession (Homicide) Bill and Wills Bill were set down for consideration in Committee next sitting day.

Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill

Sue Bradford moved, and the question was proposed, That the Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Bill be now read a third time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a third time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 113	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand National 48; New Zealand First 4 (Brown, Donnelly, Stewart, Woolerton); Green Party 6; Māori Party 4; United Future 1 (Dunne); Progressive 1
Noes 8	New Zealand First 3 (Mark, Paraone, Peters); United Future 1 (Turner); ACT New Zealand 2; Independents: Copeland, Field

Result altered by leave after originally being announced as Ayes 113, Noes 7.

The bill was read a third time.

Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill

The House resumed the interrupted debate on the question, That the Shop Trading Hours Act Repeal (Easter Trading) Amendment Bill be now read a second time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a second time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 57
Anderton (P)	Auchinvole	Bennett D (P)
Bennett P (P)	Benson-Pope (P)	Blue
Blumsky	Brown	Burton (P)
Carter D (P)	Carter J (P)	Chadwick (P)
Chauvel (P)	Choudhary (P)	Clark (P)
Clarkson	Coleman (P)	Collins (P)
Cullen (P)	Dalziel	Dean
Donnelly (P)	Dunne	Finlayson
Foss (P)	Goff (P)	Goodhew (P)
Goudie (P)	Groser	Hawkins (P)
Henare	Hide	Hodgson (P)
Key (P)	King C (P)	Mapp (P)
Mark (P)	McCully (P)	Paraone (P)
Parker (P)	Peachey	Peters (P)
Power	Roy H	Ryall (P)
Simich (P)	Smith L (P)	Stewart
Tisch (P)	Tolley	Tremain (P)
Wagner	Wilkinson	Williamson (P)
Wilson	Woolerton (P)
Teller:Guy

Noes 64
Ardern (P)	Barker	Barnett (P)
Borrows (P)	Bradford (P)	Brownlee (P)
Carter C	Connell (P)	Copeland
Cosgrove (P)	Cunliffe (P)	Duynhoven (P)
Dyson (P)	English (P)	Fairbrother (P)
Fenton	Field (P)	Fitzsimons
Flavell	Gallagher	Gosche
Harawira	Hartley (P)	Hayes
Heatley (P)	Hereora	Hobbs (P)
Horomia (P)	Hutchison (P)	Jones (P)
Kedgley (P)	King A	Laban (P)
Locke	Mackey	Maharey (P)
Mahuta (P)	Mallard (P)	Moroney
O’Connor	Okeroa (P)	Pettis (P)
Pillay	Rich (P)	Ririnui (P)
Robertson (P)	Roy E	Samuels (P)
Shanks (P)	Sharples	Smith N (P)
Soper (P)	Street	Swain (P)
Tanczos (P)	te Heuheu (P)	Tizard (P)
Turei	Turia	Turner (P)
Wong (P)	Worth (P)	Yates (P)
Teller:Hughes

(P) denotes proxy vote.

Motion not agreed to.

New Zealand Day Bill

By leave, Hon Peter Dunne for Judy Turner moved, and the question was proposed, That the New Zealand Day Bill be now read a second time.

Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill

Hon Peter Dunne moved, and the question was proposed, That the Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill be now read a first time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a first time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 50	New Zealand National 48; ACT New Zealand 2
Abstentions 7	Green Party 4; Māori Party 3

The bill was read a first time and set down for second reading presently.

Taxation (Annual Rates, Business Taxation, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Bill

Hon Peter Dunne moved, and the question was proposed, That the Taxation (Annual Rates, Business Taxation, KiwiSaver, and Remedial Matters) Bill be now read a first time.

The sitting was suspended between 10.00 pm and 9.00 am.

Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill

Hon Peter Dunne moved, and the question was proposed, That the Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill be now read a second time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a second time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 50	New Zealand National 48; ACT New Zealand 2
Abstentions 3	Māori Party 3

The bill was read a second time and set down for Committee stage forthwith.

The House resolved itself into Committee for consideration of the Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill.

(In the Committee)

Part 1 read.

Tim Barnett moved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the question be now put, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48
Abstentions 3	Māori Party 3

Resolved, That the question be now put.

Resolved, That Part 1 stand part.

Part 2 read.

Tim Barnett moved, That the question be now put.

The Chairperson declined the motion.

Hon Lianne Dalziel moved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the question be now put, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48
Abstentions 3	Māori Party 3

Resolved, That the question be now put.

On the question, That the Part 2 stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48
Abstentions 3	Māori Party 3

Resolved, That Part 2 stand part.

Clauses 1 and 2 read.

On the question, That clause 1 stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48

Resolved, That clause 1 stand part.

The following amendment was put:

Clause 2:

• Subclause (4): To omit “27(1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (7)” and substitute “27” (Hon Peter Dunne).

On the question, That the amendment be agreed to, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48

Resolved, That the amendment be agreed to.

On the question, That clause 2, as amended, stand part, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 48	New Zealand National 48

Resolved, That clause 2, as amended, stand part.

The Chairperson announced that the bill would be reported with amendment.

Reporting of bill

The Speaker resumed the Chair, and the Chairperson reported the Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill with amendment. The report was adopted and the bill set down for third reading forthwith.

Hon Peter Dunne moved, and the question was proposed, That the Taxation (KiwiSaver and Company Tax Rate Amendments) Bill be now read a third time.

On the question, That the bill be now read a third time, the votes were recorded as follows:

Ayes 61	New Zealand Labour 49; New Zealand First 7; United Future 2; Progressive 1; Independents: Copeland, Field
Noes 50	New Zealand National 48; ACT New Zealand 2
Abstentions 3	Māori Party 3

The bill was read a third time.