Noelene Raffills
New Zealand politician
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Noelene Mary Raffills is a New Zealand politician who was an Auckland Councillor.
Political career
| Years | Ward | Affiliation | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010–2013 | Whau | Citizens & Ratepayers | |
Between 2000 and 2010 she was a councillor on the Auckland City Council.[1] She joined the council by winning a by-election called following the death of the incumbent, her husband Phil Raffills.
In the 2010 Auckland Council elections Raffills won the seat in the Whau ward. Elected as a centre-right Citizens & Ratepayers' candidate, Raffills became a supporter of the centre-left mayor Len Brown and abandoned the ticket in 2013.[2] She stood for re-election as an independent, but was defeated by Ross Clow in the 2013 Auckland Council elections.
Personal life
Noeline Raffills married Phil Raffills, who was principal of Avondale College. They had met at a university Christian conference in Dunedin.[3] Phil Raffills was also active in politics, as a councillor on Auckland City Council from 1995 until his death from leukemia in 2010 and as the National Party candidate in Owairaka at the 1996 general election.[3][4]