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Elections / 2023 / Te Atatū / Angee Nicholas
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2023 general election
Standing for Te Atatū

Angee Nicholas

National Party // List #39
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Electorate & list
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elections-wikipedia
As of
4 May 2026

Background

Research run #46 · 4 May 2026
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Angee Nicholas is a New Zealand National Party politician and lawyer, most recently associated with the Te Atatū and Henderson electorates [35][11].

Nicholas is of Cook Islands descent and was born in Rarotonga [13]. She attended Ranui Primary School [25] and St Dominics College [26], and according to a single reputable secondary source, she later studied at AUT [23].

Her career has spanned community, legal, and political work. According to a single reputable secondary source, she worked as a youth worker for the West City Youth Trust under 24/7 Youth Work [16][17] and served as an advocacy and appeals worker at Manukau Institute of Technology [5]. She held a confirmed support role for former MP Nikki Kaye during Kaye's time as National Party deputy leader [22][15]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she also worked as an owner/operator of her family's Auckland-based security firm [12] and served as a company director [7].

In the legal field, Nicholas is a confirmed lawyer [11]. According to a single reputable secondary source, she worked as an in-house lawyer and solicitor at the Royal Commission of Inquiry into Abuse in Care [10][14], and later as a family law barrister and employee at AR Law Limited [8][2]. From 1 July 2025, she is noted, according to a single reputable secondary source, to have been working as a barrister [1].

In civic roles, according to a single reputable secondary source, Nicholas served as a school board member of Ranui Primary School [21], as Vice President and, separately, President of P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A West Auckland [18][34], and as a TAHA tutor teaching digital skills to Pasifika elders [4][19]. In 2024, she was noted as a delegate to a study camp for future leaders from the Indo-Pacific Region in Taiwan [20].

Nicholas was the National Party candidate for the Te Atatū electorate at the 2023 New Zealand General Election [3][29], and according to a single reputable secondary source, she also stood as a National Party list candidate at position 39 in that election [31]. She is noted, according to a single reputable secondary source, as a National Party candidate for the Henderson electorate ahead of the 2026 New Zealand General Election [32][28].

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Education

Career

Political offices

  • [27]
    Held the office of Candidate for Henderson (from 2026). unverified
  • [28]
    Held the office of Candidate for MP for Henderson (2026 NZ General Election) (from 2026). unverified
  • [29]
    Held the office of Candidate for MP for Te Atatū (2023 NZ General Election) (from 14 October 2023). unverified
  • [30]
    Held the office of MP-elect (Cook Islands) (from October 2023). unverified
  • [31]
    Held the office of National Party List Candidate (List position #39, 2023 NZ General Election) (from 14 October 2023). unverified
  • [32]
    Held the office of National Party candidate for Henderson (from 2026). unverified
  • [33]
    Held the office of National Party candidate for Te Atu electorate (from 2023). unverified
  • [34]
    Held the office of President of P.A.C.I.F.I.C.A West Auckland. unverified

Party affiliation

Civic roles & honours

Looked for, not found

  • No public record found of Angee Nicholas receiving a specific named honour or award (e.g. Queen's/King's Birthday Honours), despite references in some sources to community recognition in 2023.
  • Exact year of AUT Bachelor of Laws graduation not confirmed from a fetched primary source (2018 referenced in AUT news but page yielded no extractable claims).

The agent checked these topics across the allowed public sources but could not find verbatim-quotable evidence. Absence doesn't rule the fact out — it just means no journalist-accessible source covered it at run time.