When Fox was born, the youngest of five children, the family lived in the Porirua suburb of Cannons Creek.

Fox expressed bitterness at her defeat and remarked that New Zealand had voted for a return to the "age of colonisation.

"[7] She resigned as Māori Party co-leader in September 2018 following controversy around her business activities.

[10] In September 2019, it was reported that liquidators of Fox's failed consulting company had engaged agents to track her down, with fears expressed that she had left the country and was in Australia.

[12][13] Fox admitted to a charge of drink-driving in Hamilton in late 2018, and was sentenced and fined the following year.