Nikki’s island hideaway ‘I STILL NEED TO HEAL’
‘There’s this thing burning in me that loves to help people’
Former National MP Nikki Kaye has emerged from a self-imposed quiet time, following her surprise resignation from politics in 2020. She admits to going underground intentionally for several months and it’s a story of needing to heal, of finding a balance and most importantly putting herself at the front of the queue for possibly the first time in her life.
“I was hiding away from the media because I really, really needed to heal,” says Nikki. “It had been a pretty tumultuous time and my whole life, my whole identity, was tied up with politics.”
Nikki, 42, explains she came into politics as a Young Nat and became a National MP at the age of 28. The list of roles she took on during her time at Parliament is worthy of a high performer.
“I was a workaholic and a political addict,” she tells. “So I went cold turkey and really did go underground to get away from the political
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