Nikki Kaye

30th November
Safe Cycling Speech
(not delivered word for word)
Auckland Regional Council Chamber

Good morning. It is a pleasure to be here. Before I start I would like to publicly acknowledge Trevor Mallard who did a superb time at the Lake Taupo Cycle Challenge yesterday of 4hr and 59 minutes. Notice that I congratulated him on a superb time but that does not mean if I hadn’t fallen off my bike I wouldn’t have beaten him.

I want to thank Roadsafe Auckland for inviting me to speak to day and I want to acknowledge the people and organisations in the room including Barb Cuthbert from Cycle Action Auckland who are doing their bit to improve cycle safety in Auckland. I think we all are here because we know there is a problem. It is not just recent events on Tamaki drive that have highlighted this. » Continue Reading

NIKKI KAYE (National—Auckland Central) to the Minister of Transport: What progress has the Government made on progressing the Victoria Park road of national significance?

Hon STEVEN JOYCE (Minister of Transport) : I am pleased to report that last week I turned the first sod on construction of the new, $400 million Victoria Park project, which is the first road of national significance project to get under way. This is also one of the first projects to benefit from the Government’s decision to increase State highway construction funding by $1 billion over the next 3 years. It provides further certainty in an important and vulnerable time for the construction industry. I am pleased to report that the project is expected to employ 450 people: 350 directly on-site, and a further 100 in downstream jobs.

Nikki Kaye: What long-term economic benefits will the Victoria Park project provide?

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I visited the Grey Lynn Community Library today to fill the big shoes as a ‘Special Guest reader’. It was an incredible amount of fun seeing the joy in the young childrens faces as I read stories of “Ka Pai the Kiwi” and danced the Caterpillar dance.

It also provided a great opportunity to meet and talk to some of the young mums in my electorate, as well as the Library staff.

I visited the Grey Lynn Community Library today to fill the big shoes as a ‘Special Guest reader’. It was an incredible amount of fun seeing the joy in the young childrens faces as I read stories of “Ka Pai the Kiwi” and danced the Caterpillar dance.

It also provided a great opportunity to meet and talk to some of the young mums in my electorate, as well as the Library staff.

See the November 2009 E-Newsletter here

Plasters and Plaster Cast

Well, less than four weeks out from the big race, and I have broken my ankle. I was doing some cycling training in Auckland on Sunday when it happened.

I am in a plaster cast at the moment, and hope to get into my moon boot in 3 weeks.

I want to thank everyone who has emailed, phoned and txt me the nice, friendly, sympathetic messages. ..More..

See the November 2009 E-Newsletter here