Angee Ngatokoono Nicholas (born ) is a New Zealand lawyer and politician.

Early life and career

Nicholas was born in

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in 1993 or 1994. She moved to New Zealand as a child, growing up in Te Atatū and attending Ranui Primary School and

St Dominic's Catholic College St Dominic's College, Henderson is an integrated college for girls in Year 7 to Year 13 located in Henderson, Auckland, New Zealand, 25 kilometres from downtown Auckland City. The college was founded by the Dominican Sisters in 1952 in Nor ...

. She went on to receive a Bachelor of Laws from the

Auckland University of Technology Auckland University of Technology ( AUT; ) is a university in New Zealand, formed on 1 January 2000 when a former technical college (originally established in 1895) was granted university status. AUT is New Zealand's third largest university i ...

, and worked for some National Party politicians in their non-Parliament offices, including

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. Nicholas then worked as an in-house lawyer for the Pacific investigation portion of the

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. Nicholas has also worked as a company director, and as owner/operator of her family's Auckland-based security firm.

Political career

On 11 December 2022, Nicholas was announced as the National Party candidate for in the

2023 New Zealand general election The 2023 New Zealand general election was held on 14 October 2023 to determine the composition of the 54th New Zealand Parliament, 54th Parliament of New Zealand. Voters elected 122 members to the unicameral New Zealand House of Representatives ...

. She was placed in 39th rank on the party list; too low to be returned should she fail to win her electorate. On election night, Nicholas received 11,171 votes, beating incumbent Labour MP

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by 30 based on preliminary results. Nicholas expressed interest in holding the position of

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. On the final result, Nicholas lost Te Atatū by 131 votes to incumbent

, effectively removing the only Pasifika MP from National's caucus.

References

External links

Pacific Media Network interview
with Nicholas, 7 September 2023 {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicholas, Angee Living people People from Rarotonga Cook Island emigrants to New Zealand People educated at St Dominic's Catholic College Auckland University of Technology alumni New Zealand National Party politicians Unsuccessful candidates in the 2023 New Zealand general election Year of birth missing (living people)