As a former Labour Party President, I have the governance and leadership experience to serve the people of the Henderson−Massey Local Board into the future. I will make sure that local voices are not lost in the new super city, and I have a track record of getting myself heard. The ongoing development of our major transport links − the NW Motorway, Upper Harbour Motorway and the passenger rail service is crucial to the standard of living and property values in our district. While a director of Transit NZ, Ontrack and ARTA, I was instrumental in the improvement of all of these links, but local roads have not kept up, and I want to see no more use of noisy chip seal surfaces on our arterial roads. If the much quieter hot mix can be used on the current Auckland City arterials, then we can have it here too.