Talk:Civil unions in New Zealand
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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. - Montréalais 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. 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. —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. 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. Tweakie 24 August 2005
Absolutely. 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: ~~~~.) Ben Arnold 00:23, 24 August 2005 (UTC)
Cheers Ben - I had wondered about the signature :-) Tweakie 09:56, 29 August 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Merger Suggestion
The article Civil Union Act 2004 is a stub and expanding it would just create an article almost identical to this one, I suggest merging the two, what do others think? Lossenelin 04:32, 28 October 2006 (UTC)
Good suggestion - I think you should keep "Civil Unions in NZ" and redirect Civil Union Act 2004 there. Kiwimw 06:32, 29 October 2006 (UTC)
- Good idea, no one has objected so I'll go ahead. I'll make the link to Civil Union Act in this article an external link to the act to aviod an infinate loop. Lossenelin 00:32, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
