With the wider recognition, proposals were made to make Matariki an official public holiday in New Zealand—in particular, former Māori Party MP Rahui Katene's member's bill "Te Ra o Matariki Bill/Matariki Day Bill", drawn from the ballot in June 2009. The Bill would have fixed the date of a public holiday using the new moon in June; however, this was later changed to the new moon of the heliacal rising of Matariki when the bill was drawn a month later and set down for introduction into Parliament. Mayor of Waitakere City Bob Harvey supported the call to make Matariki a public holiday to replace Queen's Birthday, along with the Republican Movement of Aotearoa New Zealand, which found none of New Zealand's local authorities held celebrations for Queen's Birthday, but many held celebrations for Matariki. However, the Bill itself did not propose abolishing Queen's Birthday, and was voted down at its first reading.