Parliament adjourned early today, after marking the death of Te Pāti Māori's Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp.
Kemp died aged 50 following kidney disease.
NZ Herald political editor Thomas Coughlan says this came as a shock - with tributes coming in from many key politicians.
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