Nick Smith (New Zealand Politician)
Nicolas Rex "Nick" Smith (born 24 December 1964) is a New Zealand politician and a member of the Parliament of New Zealand as a National Party MP. He is a former Cabinet minister who held the posts of Minister for the Environment, Minister for Climate Change Issues and Minister for Local Government, before resigning from all Cabinet Portfolios after failing to avoid a conflict of interest when he was minister for Accident Compensation.
Between 1996 and 1999 he was in Cabinet, holding various portfolios including Minister of Corrections, Minister of Conservation and Minister of Education. For a brief time between October and November 2003 he was the deputy leader of the National Party, then in opposition under Bill English.
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