HOW SHOULD LABOUR approach the by-election which must now be held in Tāmaki Makaurau? Occasioned by the death of Takutai Tarsh Kemp, the election to fill her now vacant parliamentary seat poses some sensitive questions for Labour’s leaders – Māori as well as Pakeha. How Chris Hipkins and his colleagues answer those questions will not only have a major impact on their relationship with Te Pāti Māori, but also with the Greens. Is Labour to be their ally – or their competitor?