Editing Talk:Civil union in New Zealand (section)

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I moved this to the plural to accord with the other articles on this subject, viz. [[Civil unions in Quebec]], [[Civil unions in the United Kingdom]], et seq. - [[User:Montrealais|Montr&eacute;alais]] 07:15, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)
:Fair enough. I think technically they should all be singular, since it's the Wikipedia standard. You'd expect "Marriage in New Zealand" not "Marriages in New Zealand". I might be oversimplifying it though. [[User:Ben Arnold|Ben Arnold]] 20:22, 9 Dec 2004 (UTC)

It would be quite good to have a list of the names of MPs who voted for and against, as well as the party breakdown. —[[User:Christiaan|Christiaan]] 13:56, 12 Feb 2005 (UTC)

From Hansard 9 December 2004 (P) marks proxy votes I think:

"A personal vote was called for on the question, That the Civil Union Bill be now read a third time.

Ayes 65

Anderton  (P)
Barker 
Barnett
Benson-Pope 
Beyer 
Bradford  (P)
Burton 
Carter C
Chadwick 
Choudhary  (P)
Clark  (P) 
Coddington 
Cullen 
Cunliffe  (P)
Dalziel 
Donald 
Donnelly  (P)
Duncan 
Dyson 
Ewen-Street  (P)
Fairbrother 
Fitzsimons  (P)
Gallagher 
Goff  (P)
Gosche 
Hartley 
Hawkins 
Hereora 
Hide 
Hobbs 
Hodgson 
Horomia  (P)
Hughes 
Hunt 
Kedgley 
King 
Laban  (P)
Locke  (P)
Mackey J
Mackey M
Maharey  (P)
Mahuta 
Mallard  (P)
Okeroa  (P)
Parker 
Peck 
Pettis 
Pillay 
Prebble 
Rich  (P)
Ririnui  (P)
Robson 
Roy  (P)
Samuels  (P)
Shirley 
Simich 
Sutton  (P)
Swain  (P)
Tanczos 
Tizard 
Turei  (P)
Ward 
Wilson 
Wong  (P)
Yates

Noes 55

Adams  (P)
Alexander  (P)
Ardern  (P)
Baldock 
Brash  (P)
Brown 
Brownlee 
Carter D (P)
Carter J (P)
Catchpole 
Collins  (P)
Connell  (P)
Copeland 
Cosgrove  (P)
Dunne  (P)
Duynhoven 
Eckhoff  (P)
English  (P)
Field  (P)
Franks 
Goudie  (P)
Gudgeon  (P)
Heatley 
Hutchison 
Jones 
Key  (P)
Mapp 
Mark 
McCully  (P)
McNair 
Newman  (P)
Oconnor  (P)
Ogilvy  (P)
Paraone  (P)
Perry  (P)
Peters J (P)
Peters W (P)
Power  (P)
Robertson  (P)
Ryall  (P)
Scott 
Smith L
Smith M
Smith N
Sowry  (P)
Stewart  (P)
Tamihere  (P)
te Heuheu  (P)
Tisch 
Turia  (P)
Turner  (P)
Wang  (P)
Williamson 
Woolerton (P)
Worth  (P)

Sorry, am no good with tables so you'll have to figure out how to put it in the articl. [[User:Lisiate|Lisiate]] 01:10, 28 Apr 2005 (UTC)

I think this article also needs to mention the Relationships Bill which has not been passed since this is the important part which will ensure complete recognition etc of a Civil Union... [[User:60.234.141.76]]

Could we agree that when describing who CUs apply to it isn't ''heterosexual'' and ''homosexual'' couples, but ''same-sex'' and ''opposite-sex'' couples? The law in question doesn't discuss sexual orientation, just relationship composition. I will edit on this basis unless there is great objection.
[[User:Tweakie|Tweakie]] 24 August 2005

Absolutely. [[Wikipedia:Be bold in updating pages|Be bold]] and fix it. Don't feel you have to ask permission. You make a good point though, and mentioning it on the talk page is a good idea. (By the way I took the liberty of moving your signature to after your comment, which is the normal style for these talk pages. Did you know you can generate the signature by typing four tildes: <nowiki>~~~~</nowiki>.) [[User:Ben Arnold|Ben Arnold]] 00:23, 24 August 2005 (UTC)

Cheers Ben - I had wondered about the signature :-)
[[User:Tweakie|Tweakie]] 09:56, 29 August 2005 (UTC)