My experience over the last 10 years as a city councillor and then a deputy mayor has been about public service and connections within my community, and I acknowledge council colleagues here today. While my tenure in that role has now concluded, I remain an advocate for the local council's mantra of Palmerston North being a place with small-city benefits and big-city ambition. The ability to overturn a local council's decision to introduce Māori wards is an unfortunate provision in local government legislation, and I look forward to the Government looking at options for its removal.