Enabling Crown Entities to Adopt Māori Names Bill

About this bill

This bill enables the Governor-General, by Order in Council, to establish Māori names for Crown entities in addition to or instead of the names given to them by their empowering Acts.

Voting method

Party voting: Parties decided whether or not to support this bill and cast votes on behalf of all their MPs.

Read the bill

Bill text: Enabling Crown Entities to Adopt Māori Names Bill (legislation.govt.nz)

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Member responsible

Shanan Halbert

Labour List MP

Progress

Defeated

This Bill has been defeated in a vote of MPs, which means that it will not be progressing and will not become law.

Votes

Only reading votes are shown here; these votes determine whether the Bill progresses through Parliament. Other votes, such as votes on whether to amend parts of the Bill, can be seen in Hansard.

Bill details last synced with the Parliament website about 1 month ago.
(21 May 2025 at 12:30 GMT+00:00)