Te Pāti Māori MP for Tāmaki Makaurau, Takutai Tarsh Kemp, has died at age 50, state-funded media RNZ has reported.
Kemp had recently celebrated her birthday and was in Parliament on Wednesday before returning to Auckland.
She had previously taken leave after being diagnosed with kidney disease.
Elected in 2023 by a narrow margin over Labour’s Peeni Henare—later confirmed by a recount—Kemp was a former tumuaki of Manurewa Marae and director of Hip Hop International. Te Pāti Māori has been approached for comment.
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Extremely shocking for someone so young. Thoughts are with her family. I don’t agree with TPM politics at all, I find them on the whole extremely divisive,, but we are at the end of the day all just members of the same race – the human race. We are complex, sensitive, vulnerable and flawed, and we are also loved. So RIP Tash, I am sorry you were taken so young.
Extremely shocking for someone so young. Thoughts are with her family. I don’t agree with TPM politics at all, I find them on the whole extremely divisive,, but we are at the end of the day all just members of the same race – the human race. We are complex, sensitive, vulnerable and flawed, and we are also loved. So RIP Tash, I am sorry you were taken so young.
Well said and totally agree.
This is very sad and also shocking for Manurewa. Far, far too young, what a loss for the community.