Leadership, experience and commitment to the North Shore. I'm positive and passionate about our North Shore community. I was raised here and am raising my own family here. As Chair of Kaipātiki Local Board for eight years, I've proudly led a cohesive, stable and strong board. I've 18 years governance experience, including Auckland Kindergarten board and school BOT. I've championed investment in environment, parks, shadesails, community development, bush tracks (including Kauri Glen treetop bridge); while increasing transparency and holding council/AT to account. I will prioritise: cleaner beaches/streams; safer neighbourhoods; fixing Lake Road and Onewa Road; retaining parkland; restoring slashed local board funding; improving maintenance; protecting heritage; increasing compliance enforcement. I will fight against: building where there's flood zones or insufficient infrastructure; breaching of Unitary Plan rules; congestion charges; downgrading roads to loose chipseal. As your councillor, I'll advocate for North Shore to get it's fair share. www.johngillon.co.nz