Do you know the annual budget of the Henderson-Massey Local Board and the names of the members? Do you know where your rates are spent? I didn’t, and I have been here 20 years. I didn’t know about local boards and didn’t care. But I complain about the potholes, speed bumps, cycleways, wasteful artworks and lack of core services. But I don’t vote and let the gravy train chug on. I am an entrepreneur, filmmaker, broadcast journalist and political analyst. I promote NZ-India business relations, and my NGO serves ethnic communities. I was a bureaucrat for 14 years and I hold a Masters from Massey and a PgD from Victoria. I am stepping up, to speak up. Vote to stop the gravy train. (BTW, the budget is $54.4 million for 2025-26 and the board’s priority is to restore original Māori names and identify new Te Reo names for Henderson-Massey).