Nikki Kaye

Quick Facts

Full Name	Nikki Kaye
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Feb 11, 1980(1980-02-11)
Age	44
Birthplace	Auckland
Country	New Zealand
Birth City	Auckland Region
Horoscope	Aquarius

Nikki Kaye Biography

Nikki Kaye is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on February 11, 1980 in Auckland, Auckland Region, New Zealand. Nicola Laura Kaye MP (born 11 February 1980) is a New Zealand politician who has been the Deputy leader in the New Zealand National Party and Deputy Leader of Opposition from 23 May. She is a representative in the New Zealand Parliament for the Auckland Central electorate. In January 2013 she was named to the cabinet by the Prime John Key. John Key, giving her the portfolios of Food Safety, Civil Defence, and Youth Affairs, and Associate Minister of Education and Immigration. From September 2016 until the beginning of 2017, she was absent of the House of Representatives, after the diagnosis of breast cancer. The House returned to her in the early part of 2017 and resumed her full time duties.

Kaye started in the office of Bill English in the office of the Leader of the Opposition in 2002 as a research assistant. In 2003, she visited England in

2003. United Kingdom, where she was a policy officer and project manager for the London Boroughs comprising Enfield and Bromley and later for Transport for London, where she was in charge of a disabled persons transportation program. She then worked in the IT department at Halifax Bank of Scotland.

Kaye returned to New Zealand in late 2007 to contest the National Party candidacy for the Auckland Central electorate. Standing against three other nominees, Kaye was considered an outsider in a close selection battle against sitting list MP Jackie Blue for the nomination.

At the general election on 8 November 2008, Kaye was elected as National’s MP for Auckland Central, defeating incumbent Labour MP Judith Tizard. This was greeted as one of the most significant upsets of the 2008 general election, breaking a 90-year hold by left-wing parties over the seat; Kaye became the first ever National MP for the electorate.

Kaye was a member of The National Party in 1998, becoming the women’s vice- chair for the region in the south of New Zealand Young Nationals. Kaye was the past International Vice-Chairman for the International Young Democrat Union.

Nikki Kaye Net Worth

Nikki Kaye is one of the richest Politician from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Nikki Kaye 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year 1997 was the time Kaye took part in a television documentary titled Fish out of Water, where the five teens were taken to Rakitu Island (off Great Barrier Island) and had to fight for their lives for eight consecutive days. The footage of the documentary was found in March 2014 and released in New Zealand on Air’s on-line archive NZ On Screen as part of the “before they were famous” series.

Kaye is a skilled athlete who has been the Auckland Women’s 3,000-meter marathon champion back in 1997 and raced in a variety of multi-sport races and marathons. In 2008, Kaye participated at the Coast to Coast multi-sport event. In February of 2013, Kaye completed the Coast to Coast race for the second time and became the very first New Zealand Cabinet Minister to complete the race twice.

In 2006, Kaye co-founded a website, networkme.com, and acts as Director of Communications for that company.

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Kaye was elected the deputy chair of the Government Administration Select Committee in February 2011. In her first parliamentary term, she also sat on the Local Government and Environment Select Committee and the Auckland Governance Legislation Select Committee. Through her time in Parliament on these committees she has been heavily involved in the review of the Resource Management (Simplifying and Streamlining) Amendment Bill and legislation creating the Auckland Council.

Facts & Trivia

Nikki Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Nikki Kaye celebrates birthday on February 11 of every year.

Kaye was instrumental in bringing a gay pride event back to Auckland, where there is a significant LGBT community in her electorate. In 2012 she worked with Green MP Kevin Hague on a private member’s bill to reform adoption and surrogacy laws, which was introduced to Parliament that year. In August 2012, Kaye successfully led the campaign within the National Party to retain the alcohol purchase age at 18, despite significant support from parliamentary colleagues to raise the purchase age.

Top Facts about Nikki Kaye

1. Nikki Kaye is a New Zealand politician.
2. She was born on January 20, 1980.
3. Kaye represents the Auckland Central electorate.
4. She has been a Member of Parliament since 2008.
5. Kaye served as Minister for Youth from 2014-2017.
6. In 2019, she announced her retirement from politics due to health reasons.
7. Kaye is known for her work on education policy and climate change.
8. She holds a Bachelor of Laws and Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Auckland.
9. Kaye is the first MP in New Zealand to come out as gay while in office.
10. As of August 2020, she serves as National Party’s spokesperson for Education and Sport & Recreation portfolios.