Robyn Hughes is a local body politician in Auckland

Auckland

The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...

, New Zealand

New Zealand

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. She represented Manukau

Manukau

Manukau City was a large territorial authority in Auckland, New Zealand. The city was sometimes referred to as South Auckland, but this term did not possess official recognition and did not encompass areas like East Auckland, which was previously within the official boundaries of Manukau City...

 City on the Auckland Regional Council

Auckland Regional Council

The Auckland Regional Council was the regional council of the Auckland Region. Its predecessor the Auckland Regional Authority was formed in 1963 and became the ARC in 1989...

 between 2004 and 2007. In the 2007 Auckland local body elections she failed to gain re-election, winning only 13,491 votes

She is a member of the left-wing Residents Action Movement

Residents Action Movement

The Residents Action Movement was a political party in New Zealand. RAM described itself as a broad left coalition, stretching from social liberals, community activists and former National Party members to social democrats, democratic socialists and left-wing radicals...

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

At the moment she is currently working at a prestigious high school in Sydney's north shore, in Australia