AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER OATH
CLERK: Honourable members, I will now read the Commission authorising me to administer the oath or affirmation of allegiance required by law to be taken or made by members.
In accordance with section 11 of the Constitution Act 1986, I, The Right Honourable Dame Patsy Reddy, Governor-General of New Zealand, authorise you, David Martin Wilson, Clerk of the House of Representatives to administer to members of Parliament the Oath or Affirmation of Allegiance to Her Majesty The Queen required to be taken or made by every such member before that member shall be permitted to sit or vote in the House of Representatives.
JACINDA ARDERN, Prime Minister
Authorised
PATSY REDDY
Governor-General
6 November 2020
RETURN OF WRIT
CLERK: Honourable members, I’ve received from the Electoral Commission a writ endorsed with the names of those members elected to represent electoral districts, and a return listing the names of members elected from party lists. I lay these documents on the Table.
MEMBERS SWORN
CLERK: I will now call members in alphabetical order, either singly or in pairs, to come to the left of the Table and take the oath or make the affirmation of allegiance. After taking the oath or making the affirmation, would members please take their parchment and go around the Hansard table to the right to the Deputy Clerk to sign your parchment with one of the pens provided. Please take your pen back to your seat with you.
Hon KIRITAPU ALLAN (Labour—East Coast): Ko ahau, ko Kiri Lyndsay Allan, e oati ana ka noho pūmau taku pono ki a Kuini Irihāpeti te Tuarua me tōna kāhui whakaheke, e ai ki te ture. Ko te Atua nei hoki taku pou.
[I, Kiri Lyndsay Allan, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors, according to law. So help me God.]
GINNY ANDERSEN (Labour—Hutt South): Ko ahau, ko Virginia Ruby Andersen, e kī ana i runga i te pono, i te tika, i te ngākau tapatahi me te whakaū anō ka noho pirihonga, ka noho pūmau ki a Kuini Irihāpeti te Tuarua me tōna kāhui whakaheke e ai ki te ture.
[I, Virginia Ruby Andersen, solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors, according to law.]
Rt Hon JACINDA ARDERN (Labour—Mt Albert): I, Jacinda Ardern, solemnly, sincerely, and truly declare and affirm that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors, according to law.
CHRIS BAILLIE (ACT): I, Christopher John Baillie, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God.
ANDREW BAYLY (National—Port Waikato): I, Andrew Henry Bayly, swear that I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Her heirs and successors, according to law, so help me God.
