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