Christine Caughey is a former City

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, New Zealand, for the

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ticket. She was successful on gaining election in the 2004 local body elections on an anti-motorway platform. She was awarded Metro Magazine's Aucklander of the Year in 2004, primarily for the role she played in politically defeating the

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roading element that was proposed for

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by the Waitematā Harbour. Caughey had unsuccessfully stood for City Vision in a community board by-election in 2003. Caughey stood again in the Hobson ward for the 2007 local body elections, but was defeated along with all other members of her

team. In July 2008, Caughey was appointed by the Government to the board of the NZ Transport Agency. She is also an Auckland Waterfront Development Agency Board Member.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Caughey, Christine Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Auckland City Councillors