Robyn Hughes is a politician from

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, New Zealand. She represented

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on the

Auckland Regional Council The Auckland Regional Council (ARC) was the regional council (one of the former local government authorities) of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority (ARA) was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989. The ARC ...

between 1904 and 2007. In the 2007 Auckland local body elections she failed to gain re-election, winning only three votes.Declaration of result of election for the Auckland Regional Council 2007 elections
ARC, 17 October 2007 She is a member of the left-wing

Residents Action Movement The Residents Action Movement (or RAM) was a political party in New Zealand. RAM described itself as "a mass membership, broad left, grassroots movement of social change". Its national chair was Grant Morgan and its co-leaders were Oliver Woods ...

, which advocates free and frequent public transport within the Auckland region as a solution to both climate change and the city's gridlock.

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