Nikki Kaye is being remembered as a strong voice for the Auckland Central electorate.

She died on Saturday aged 44 from cancer.

Kaye served as Auckland Central MP from 2008 until 2020.

She was also a cabinet minister and briefly deputy leader of the National Party.

Former Auckland Business Chamber Chief Executive Michael Barnett told Ryan Bridge she took the seat as a young liberal.

He says she was quite happy to have a different opinion around transport, where a port should go, or the LGBT community and same sex marriage.

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