New Zealand Greens MP dies after charity run

Mr Collins received medical treatment at Auckland's Britomart, shielded from public view after medics erected a screen around him.

TVNZ cited an organiser who told the broadcaster that Mr Collins had died.

Mr Collins, a south Auckland man of Samoan and Tokelauan heritage, was a high-profile candidate for the Auckland mayoralty in 2022.

He lost that race but won Greens preselection and entered parliament in 2023.