I am deeply involved in a wide range of community service organisations in the northwest area, including Huapai-Kumeū Lions, Kumeū Emergency Network, Flood Alerts, Kumeū Arts concerts, the Showgrounds and Kumeū Community Action. Our much loved family home in Kumeū was flooded repeatedly, resulting in our move to Helensville in 2025. I have been on the Rodney Local Board for the last 3 years and would like the opportunity to continue the positive change we have seen. An extra $8 million has been sourced to improve our parks, reserves and halls and support our community and environmental programs that were severely under-funded until now. The issues that concern you are the ones I will be working hardest on. We need, less extreme traffic congestion, a passenger train service, serious planning that deals with flooding, more waterways maintenance, to stop developers building on flood plains and to build infrastructure before houses.