Born and raised in Aotearoa New Zealand, Niki Kennedy is an award-winning Pasifika (Cook Islands Māori) singer-songwriter and musician based in Toronto. Grounded in roots and soul, she blends warm grooves and emotional melodies into honest storytelling with heart.

Her debut album, The Space In Between, explores themes of home, identity, and belonging. It’s a journey of reconnection through culture, nature, and story, integrating Polynesian elements into contemporary roots music. Revolution, the first song off the record, earned her a #1 on the Indigenous Music Countdown.

A career performer, Niki has had the privilege of playing hundreds of stages, from large festivals to intimate rooms. She has participated in the SOCAN Foundation’s TD Incubator for Creative Entrepreneurship, the Toga da wôhnagabi residency at the Banff Centre, and holds a Master of Music degree.

Through music, she shares openly, hoping listeners feel seen, heard, and held. Each note is a quiet invitation to meet ourselves and one another gently, in pursuit of a kinder world for all.