NZ Politics Live - Feb 19
Efeso Collins dies at charity event
Green Party MP Efeso Collins has died after collapsing at the ChildFund Water Fun charity event in central Auckland.
Just before 10am a black sheet could be seen with a group of people gathered with their heads down.
The event at Te Komititanga Square, outside Commercial Bay, sought to raise awareness and money to bring safe, clean drinking water to children in the Pacific. It featured celebrities racing each other while holding buckets of water.
On the event’s website, Collins was quoted as saying: "As a dad to two young beautiful girls, I want them and children all over the world to grow up and reach their full potential and live full lives."
"The ChildFund Water Run gives us all a fun and important opportunity to share what we have with others," he said.
Just before 10am a black sheet could be seen with a group of people gathered with their heads down.
The event at Te Komititanga Square, outside Commercial Bay, sought to raise awareness and money to bring safe, clean drinking water to children in the Pacific. It featured celebrities racing each other while holding buckets of water.
On the event’s website, Collins was quoted as saying: "As a dad to two young beautiful girls, I want them and children all over the world to grow up and reach their full potential and live full lives."
"The ChildFund Water Run gives us all a fun and important opportunity to share what we have with others," he said.
