About the Author

Dr Graham Bush is a former Associate-Professor of Political Studies at the University of Auckland where for 25 years he specialised in the teaching and research of New Zealand local government. He is the author of seven books, including two histories of the Auckland City Council and two editions of the text, Local Government and Politics in New Zealand. His most recent work is The History of Epsom (2006), of which he edited and was the principal contributor. A lifelong Aucklander, Dr Bush has been active as a public transport advocate since the early 1980s. He was a member of the Auckland Regional Land Transport Committee from 1999 until 2008 and since then has been secretary of the Auckland-based Campaign for Better Transport.