John Aiken (television personality)
Aiken in 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | John Maxwell Aiken | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 July 1970 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1989/90–1998/99 | Wellington | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1999/00–2000/01 | Auckland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 21 September 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
John Maxwell Aiken (born 3 July 1970) is an Australian television personality, psychologist and former cricketer, who played for Auckland and Wellington in New Zealand. Since 2015, he has appeared as one of the "experts" on every season of the reality television series Married at First Sight Australia.
Early life and cricket career
Aiken was born on 3 July 1970 in Sydney and moved to New Zealand in 1982 when he was 12 years old.[1][2] He played as a left-handed batsman who played 46 first class matches and 39 one-day matches in a career spanning 11 seasons from 1989/90 to 2000/01.[3] He scored 2,170 first-class runs at an average of 28.93. During his career, he played for New Zealand XIs against the West Indies, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka.[4]
At the same time as his cricket career, Aiken trained as a relationship specialist and ran private practices in New Zealand and Australia,[1] though he gave up his practice to focus on his media career.[2]
Media career
As a psychologist, Aiken has undertaken a range of media work, becoming the dating and relationship expert for the 9Honey television channel, and hosting the ABC documentaries Making Couples Happy and Making Families Happy. He has appeared as one of the "experts" on the popular Nine Network reality dating series Married at First Sight Australia since its first season in 2015.[1]
Personal life
Aiken has been married since 2007 to Kelly Swanson-Roe, whom he met in New Zealand. They married on Waiheke Island. They moved to Sydney in 2008 and have two children, Aston and Piper.[2]
References
- ^ a b c Margot Butcher (Summer 2018). "Past player feature - John Aiken" (PDF). New Zealand Cricket Players Association. p. 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 January 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2019.
- ^ a b c Thomas, Tia (2 February 2026). "How MAFS' John Aiken uses his expert knowledge to strengthen his own marriage". Now to Love. Are Media.
- ^ John Aiken, CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ^ John Aiken, CricInfo. Retrieved 13 July 2007