Maori Party co-leader Tariana Turia has paid tribute to Mama Tere Strickland as someone “not afraid to be outspoken, to challenge but also always to act with compassion and love”.

Teremoananuiakiwa Strickland Tahere, known best in the glbt community simply as “Mama Tere”, died on Friday afternoon in Auckland from a suspected heart attack.

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