Remem­ber when we asked ques­tions of may­or­al can­did­ates? Well it might have escaped your atten­tion while people chased a little ball around a field, but there is an nation­al elec­tion in less than a month’s time. Holy shit!

If you are run­ning as a can­did­ate in the Wel­ling­ton region, we would like you to answer some ques­tions for us. You get 30 words per answer (up from the may­or­al lim­it of  25), and you bet­ter believe we’ll be pub­lish­ing only those 30 words. We’ll also be pub­lish­ing answers exactly as you write them, so make sure you get someone to proofread before you send them in. Please email your answers to joanna@wellingtonista.com, includ­ing what elect­or­ate you’re run­ning in. We’ll pub­lish responses in the order that we receive them.

Ques­tions, and links to all the answers we’ve received so far, after the jump.

  1. Who are you and what do you want?
  2. You have 30 seconds to con­vince someone to come to Wel­ling­ton. What’s your pitch?
  3. Where do you stand on the issue of open­ing up gov­ern­ment data?
  4. Describe your bicycle, or your favour­ite bus route?
  5. When did you last use the lib­rary, a com­munity centre, or a coun­cil-run sports facil­ity?
  6. Would you wel­come a cent­ral gov­ern­ment driv­en “super-city” amal­gam­a­tion of loc­al author­it­ies?
  7. What city inspires your vis­ion for Wel­ling­ton? How?
  8. Is the concept of demo­crat­ic rep­res­ent­a­tion import­ant to you? How so?
  9. What achieve­ment for Wel­ling­ton are you most proud of?
  10. What role do you think cent­ral gov­ern­ment should play in loc­al roading/public trans­port issues?
  11.  How can we make Wel­ling­ton more envir­on­ment­ally friendly?
  12. What will you do to ensure diverse rep­res­ent­a­tion on gov­ern­ment issues?
  13. What’s your per­son­al his­tory of liv­ing in Wel­ling­ton?
  14. What policy of your party do you think will have the most impact on Wel­ling­ton?
  15. Do you genu­inely believe you have a chance at win­ning the seat you’re con­test­ing, or is this more of a party cam­paign?

Update: We have received answers from:

Wel­ling­ton Cent­ral

Ron­go­tai

Te Tai Tonga

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Ohariu

Te Tai Hauāuru

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Hutt South

Rimu­taka

Ikaroa-Rāwhiti

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Mana

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Wair­ar­apa