48th New Zealand Parliament 2697770 223866492 2008-07-06T06:23:21Z Plan8sucked then 7425483 /* Oath of office */ treaty --> treaty of waitangi {{New Zealand Parliaments}} The '''48th New Zealand Parliament''' is the current term of the [[New Zealand Parliament|Parliament]] of [[New Zealand]]. Its composition was determined by the [[New Zealand general election, 2005|2005 elections]]. The [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]] and the [[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive Party]], backed by [[New Zealand First]] and [[United Future New Zealand|United Future]], established a majority at the beginning the 48th Parliament. The Labour-led administration is in its third term. The [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] and [[ACT New Zealand|ACT]] form the formal opposition to the government. Other non-government parties are the [[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]] (who promised to abstain on confidence and supply votes) and the [[Māori Party]]. The 48th Parliament consists of 121 representatives. This represents an [[overhang seat|overhang]] of one seat, with the Māori Party having won one more electorates than its share of the vote would otherwise have given it. In total, sixty-nine of the MPs were chosen by geographical electorates, including seven [[Māori seats|Māori electorates]]. The remainder were elected by means of [[party-list proportional representation]] under the [[Mixed Member Proportional|MMP]] electoral system. ==Oath of office== All the [[Māori Party]] MPs tried to alter their Oath of office by adding references to the [[Treaty of Waitangi]]. They all had to retake their oaths. ==Initial composition of the 48th Parliament== {| class="sortable wikitable" |------------------- !width=1%| !width=35% align=center|'''Name''' !width=20% align=center|'''Party''' !width=20% align=center|'''Electorate''' !width=15% align=center|'''Term''' !width=20% align=center|'''Gender''' |------------------- |bgcolor=#cccccc| |[[Jim Anderton|Anderton, Jim]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Progressive Party|Progressive]]||align=center|Wigram||align=center|{{sort|8|Eighth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Shane Ardern|Ardern, Shane]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Taranaki-King Country||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Chris Auchinvole|Auchinvole, Chris]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Rick Barker|Barker, Rick]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Tim Barnett|Barnett, Tim]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Christchurch Central||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[David Bennett (New Zealand)|Bennett, David]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Hamilton East||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Paula Bennett|Bennett, Paula]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[David Benson-Pope|Benson-Pope, David]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Dunedin South||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Georgina Beyer|Beyer, Georgina]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Jackie Blue|Blue, Jackie]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Mark Blumsky|Blumsky, Mark]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Chester Borrows|Borrows, Chester]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Whanganui||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Sue Bradford|Bradford, Sue]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Don Brash|Brash, Don]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Peter Brown (politician)|Brown, Peter]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Gerry Brownlee|Brownlee, Gerry]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Ilam||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Mark Burton|Burton, Mark]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Taupo||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Chris Carter (politician)|Carter, Chris]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Te Atatu||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[David Carter|Carter, David]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[John Carter|Carter, John]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Northland||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Stephanie Chadwick|Chadwick, Stephanie]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Rotorua||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Ashraf Choudhary|Choudhary, Ashraf]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Helen Clark|Clark, Helen]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Mt Albert||align=center|{{sort|9|Ninth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Bob Clarkson|Clarkson, Bob]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Tauranga||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Jonathan Coleman (New Zealand)|Coleman, Jonathan]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Northcote||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Judith Collins|Collins, Judith]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Clevedon||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Brian Connell|Connell, Brian]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Rakaia||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#bb00bb| |[[Gordon Copeland|Copeland, Gordon]]||align=center|[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Clayton Cosgrove|Cosgrove, Clayton]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Waimakariri||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Michael Cullen|Cullen, Michael]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|9|Ninth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[David Cunliffe|Cunliffe, David]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|New Lynn||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Lianne Dalziel|Dalziel, Lianne]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Christchurch East||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Jacqui Dean|Dean, Jacqui]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Otago||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Rod Donald|Donald, Rod]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Brian Donnelly|Donnelly, Brian]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#bb00bb| |[[Peter Dunne|Dunne, Peter]]||align=center|[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]]||align=center|Ohariu-Belmont||align=center|{{sort|8|Eighth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Harry Duynhoven|Duynhoven, Harry]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|New Plymouth||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Ruth Dyson|Dyson, Ruth]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Banks Peninsula||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Bill English|English, Bill]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Clutha-Southland||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Russell Fairbrother|Fairbrother, Russell]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Darien Fenton|Fenton, Darien]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Taito Phillip Field|Field, Taito Phillip]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]] |align=center|Mangere||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Chris Finlayson|Finlayson, Chris]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Jeanette Fitzsimons|Fitzsimons, Jeanette]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#e0afaf| |[[Te Ururoa Flavell|Flavell, Te Ururoa]]||align=center|[[Māori Party]]||align=center|Waiariki||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Craig Foss|Foss, Craig]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Tukituki||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Martin Gallagher|Gallagher, Martin]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Hamilton West||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Phil Goff|Goff, Phil]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Mt Roskill||align=center|{{sort|9|Ninth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Jo Goodhew|Goodhew, Jo]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Aoraki||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Mark Gosche|Gosche, Mark]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Maungakiekie||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Sandra Goudie|Goudie, Sandra]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Coromandel||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Tim Groser|Groser, Tim]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Nathan Guy|Guy, Nathan]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#e0afaf| |[[Hone Harawira|Harawira, Hone]]||align=center|[[Māori Party]]||align=center|Te Tai Tokerau||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Ann Hartley|Hartley, Ann]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[George Warren Hawkins|Hawkins, George]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Manurewa||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[John Hayes (NZ politician)|Hayes, John]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Wairarapa||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Phil Heatley|Heatley, Phil]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Whangarei||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Tau Henare|Henare, Tau]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Dave Hereora|Hereora, Dave]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#bbeeff| |[[Rodney Hide|Hide, Rodney]]||align=center|[[ACT New Zealand|ACT]]||align=center|Epsom||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Marian Hobbs|Hobbs, Marian]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Wellington Central||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Pete Hodgson|Hodgson, Pete]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Dunedin North||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Parekura Horomia|Horomia, Parekura]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Ikaroa-Rawhiti||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Darren Hughes|Hughes, Darren]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Otaki||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Paul Hutchison|Hutchison, Paul]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Port Waikato||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Shane Jones|Jones, Shane]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Sue Kedgley|Kedgley, Sue]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[John Key|Key, John]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Helensville||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Annette King|King, Annette]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Rongotai||align=center|{{sort|8|Eighth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Colin King|King, Colin]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Kaikoura||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Winnie Laban|Laban, Winnie]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Mana||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Keith Locke|Locke, Keith]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Moana Mackey|Mackey, Moana]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Steve Maharey|Maharey, Steve]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Palmerston North||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Nanaia Mahuta|Mahuta, Nanaia]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Tainui||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Trevor Mallard|Mallard, Trevor]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Hutt South||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Wayne Mapp|Mapp, Wayne]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|North Shore||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Ron Mark|Mark, Ron]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Murray McCully|McCully, Murray]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|East Coast Bays||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Sue Moroney|Moroney, Sue]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Damien O'Connor|O'Connor, Damien]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|West Coast-Tasman||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Mahara Okeroa|Okeroa, Mahara]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Te Tai Tonga||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Pita Paraone|Paraone, Pita]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[David Parker|Parker, David]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Allan Peachey|Peachey, Allan]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Tamaki||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Winston Peters|Peters, Winston]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|9|Ninth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Jill Pettis|Pettis, Jill]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Lynne Pillay|Pillay, Lynne]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Waitakere||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Simon Power|Power, Simon]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Rangitikei||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Katherine Rich|Rich, Katherine]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Mita Ririnui|Ririnui, Mita]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Ross Robertson|Robertson, Ross]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Manukau East||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Eric Roy|Roy, Eric]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National 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Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Lockwood Smith|Smith, Lockwood]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Rodney||align=center|{{sort|8|Eighth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Nick Smith (New Zealand)|Smith, Nick]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Nelson||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Barbara Stewart|Stewart, Barbara]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Maryan Street|Street, Maryan]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Jim Sutton|Sutton, Jim]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Paul Swain|Swain, Paul]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Rimutaka||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Georgina Te Heuheu|Te Heuheu, Georgina]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Lindsay Tisch|Tisch, Lindsay]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Piako||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Judith Tizard|Tizard, Judith]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|Auckland Central||align=center|{{sort|6|Sixth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Anne Tolley|Tolley, Anne]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|East Coast||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Chris Tremain|Tremain, Chris]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Napier||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#009900| |[[Metiria Turei|Turei, Metiria]]||align=center|[[Green Party of Aotearoa New Zealand|Greens]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#e0afaf| |[[Tariana Turia|Turia, Tariana]]||align=center|[[Māori Party]]||align=center|Te Tai Hauauru||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#bb00bb| |[[Judy Turner|Turner, Judy]]||align=center|[[United Future New Zealand|United Future]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|2|Second}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Nicky Wagner|Wagner, Nicky]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Kate Wilkinson (politician)|Wilkinson, Kate]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|1|First}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Maurice Williamson|Williamson, Maurice]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|Pakuranga||align=center|{{sort|7|Seventh}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Margaret Wilson|Wilson, Margaret]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#666666| |[[Doug Woolerton|Woolerton, Doug]]||align=center|[[New Zealand First]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Pansy Wong|Wong, Pansy]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|4|Fourth}}||align=center|Female |------------------- |bgcolor=#0000ee| |[[Richard Worth|Worth, Richard]]||align=center|[[New Zealand National Party|National]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|3|Third}}||align=center|Male |------------------- |bgcolor=#ee0000| |[[Dianne Yates|Yates, Dianne]]||align=center|[[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour]]||align=center|--||align=center|{{sort|5|Fifth}}||align=center|Female |} ==Changes during term== *[[Rod Donald]], co-leader of the Green Party, died on [[6 November]] [[2005]] before he was officially sworn in as a member of the 48th Parliament. He was replaced by the next person on the Green Party's list, former MP [[Nandor Tanczos]], on [[16 November]]. *[[Jim Sutton]], a Labour list MP, retired from politics on [[31 July]] [[2006]]. He was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, [[Charles Chauvel (politician)|Charles Chauvel]]. *[[Don Brash]], a National list MP and former leader of the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]] retired from Parliament on the [[7 February]] [[2007]]. He was replaced by the next person on the National Party's list, [[Katrina Shanks]]. * [[Georgina Beyer]], a Labour list MP, announced her retirement on [[15 December]] [[2006]], and officially resigned from Parliament when it resumed on [[13 February]] [[2007]]. On [[20 February]] she was replaced by the next person on the Labour Party's list, former MP [[Lesley Soper]]. *[[Phillip Field]], Labour MP for [[Mangere]], quits the Labour party after being threatened with expulsion on [[16 February]] [[2007]]. *[[Gordon Copeland]], a United Future list MP, announced that he plans to leave his party and become an independent MP on [[16 May]] [[2007]]. *[[Ann Hartley]] a Labour list MP was elected to the [[North Shore City]] Council in the [[2007 New Zealand local body elections|2007 local body elections]]. She left Parliament when it resumed in 2008, and was replaced by the next person on the Labour list, [[Louisa Wall]] a former [[Silver Ferns]] netballer, on 4 February 2008. * [[Brian Donnelly]], [[New Zealand First]] MP, resigned from Parliament from 12 February 2008, and was replaced by [[Dail Jones]] on 15 February 2008. Donnelly, has been appointed as New Zealand's High Commissioner to the Cook Islands<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PO0802/S00182.htm|date=2008-02-15|publisher=[[Scoop.co.nz]]|title=New List MP For New Zealand First Party|accessdate=2008-02-15}}</ref>. *[[Dianne Yates]], a Labour list MP, stood unsuccessfully for the [[Hamilton, New Zealand|Hamilton]] City Council in the [[2007 New Zealand local body elections|2007 local body elections]]. She resigned as an MP on [[March 29]] 2008<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/resignations/2008/apr/01/dianne_yates_nz_labour |title=Resignations: Dianne Yates, NZ Labour |last=New Zealand Parliament |authorlink=New Zealand Parliament |publisher=''TheyWorkForYou.co.nz''|date=[[1 April]] [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-06-07}} </ref> and was replaced by [[Su%27a William Sio]] on [[April 1]] 2008 as the next person on Labour's list<ref> {{cite web |url=http://theyworkforyou.co.nz/list_member_vacancy/2008/apr/01 |title=List Member Vacancy |last=New Zealand Parliament |authorlink=New Zealand Parliament |publisher=''TheyWorkForYou.co.nz''|date=[[1 April]] [[2008]] |accessdate=2008-06-07}} </ref> *[[Steve Maharey]], Labour MP for [[Palmerston North]], plans to leave Parliament after the next Cabinet reshuffle.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10470879|title=Maharey quitting Cabinet to join University|publisher=[[New Zealand Herald]]|author=Claire Trevett|date=[[19 October]] [[2007]]|accessdate=2007-10-19}}</ref> *[[Nandor Tanczos]] resigned from Parliament and was replaced by Green Party co-leader [[Russel Norman]] on [[27 June]] [[2008]].<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5YvWAUKTW|archivedate=2008-06-29|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/dominionpost/4599482a6000.html|title=Greens co-leader now an MP|publisher=[[The Dominion Post]]|date=[[27 June]] [[2008]]}}</ref> ==See also== *[[New Zealand Parliamentary Caucuses and MPs' responsibilities]] ==References== {{reflist}} [[Category:New Zealand Parliament]] [[Category:Lists of current office-holders|New Zealand Parliament]] [[mi:Mema Pāremata o Aotearoa]]