Now that we have a defin­i­tive list of may­oral can­di­dates, we thought it was time we send them some of the ques­tions we’d crowd­sourced over Twit­ter ages ago. So I just sent out this list of ques­tions. We’ll print replies ver­ba­tim, cut­ting off answers at 25 words for the sake of brevi­ty as they come in.

1. You have 30 sec­onds to con­vince some­one to come to Welling­ton. What’s your pitch?

2. How do you think traf­fic flow to the hos­pi­tal and air­port could be improved?

3. Where do you stand on the issue of open­ing up gov­ern­ment data?

4. What plans have do you have to improve recycling/composting facil­i­ties?

5. What is your pol­i­cy on street alco­holics?

6. Do you sup­port pedes­tri­an­i­sa­tion of the Gold­en Mile? Why/Why not?

7. What’s the last local mar­ket you went to? What did you buy?

8. Describe your bicy­cle, or your favourite bus route?

9. When did you last use the library, a com­mu­ni­ty cen­tre, or a coun­cil-run sports facil­i­ty?

10. Would you wel­come a cen­tral gov­ern­ment dri­ven “super-city” amal­ga­ma­tion of local author­i­ties?  If not, why not?

11. Do you think the coun­cil has a role in fos­ter­ing com­mu­ni­ty web­sites? If so, how?

12. Where do you stand on water privi­ti­sa­tion, and why?

13. What city over­seas inspires your vision for Welling­ton? How?

14. Is the con­cept of demo­c­ra­t­ic rep­re­sen­ta­tion impor­tant to you?  How so?

15. What do you think about com­muu­ni­ty gar­dens on pub­lic land?