Gary Holmes: Speed Camera Capital Of New Zealand: Are We Fixing the Wrong Problem?
Drive west out of Pukekohe and the city falls away fast. The motorway ends, the road narrows, and within a few kilometres you are in genuine rural New Zealand —…
Gary Holmes is a local body politician and business association manager who made Waiuku his home and has never stopped asking questions about how it is governed. Elected to the Franklin Local Board in 2022 to represent the Waiuku subdivision, he has built a reputation as a fiscally conservative voice prepared to take on Auckland's bureaucracy when the numbers don't stack up. He believes good local government starts with reading the data yourself.