Māori Party MP Alleged to Have Misused Census Data for Campaigning

Published on June 3, 2024

Māori Party (Te Pāti Māori) MP, Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp, has been accused of misusing private information, collected during the census, for political campaigning. The issue is now part of an official investigation by Stats NZ after a whistleblower from the Ministry of Social Development (MSD) made the allegations, and also reported it to police last week. The Māori Party strongly denies any wrongdoing. A Complex Web of Relations Ms. Kemp was previously CEO of a “Manurewa Marae”—a complex that belongs to Maori tribe—and stood down after beating incumbent Labour MP Peeni Henare by 42 votes in the Tāmaki Makaurau (urban Auckland) Māori seat at the recent election....

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