Christine Caughey is a former City

Councillor A councillor, alternatively councilman, councilwoman, councilperson, or council member, is someone who sits on, votes in, or is a member of, a council. This is typically an elected representative of an electoral district in a municipal or re ...

Auckland City Auckland City () was a territorial authority area with city status covering the central isthmus of the urban area of Auckland, New Zealand. It was governed by the Auckland City Council from 1989 to 2010, and as a territory within the wider Au ...

, New Zealand, for the

Action Hobson Action Hobson was a centrist council ticket in the Hobson Ward of Auckland City, New Zealand. The ticket was formed to combat the proposed Eastern Transport Corridor being proposed by Mayor of Auckland City Auckland City () was a territori ...

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

Eastern Transport Corridor The Eastern Transport Corridor in Auckland, New Zealand, is a transport reserve along a strip of land and water some of which is occupied by housing, commerce, industry and local roads. It runs adjacent to the North Island Main Trunk freight a ...

roading element that was proposed for

Hobson Bay Hobson Bay is a bay in the Auckland Region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located to the east of the Auckland City Centre, and is bisected by the Eastern Line (Auckland), Eastern Line and Tamaki Drive. Description Hobson Bay is a tidal ...

by the

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. 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

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. 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