We offered to pub­lish the answers from any can­di­dates in the local body elec­tions and Rex Nairn who is stand­ing in South­ern Ward has stepped up.

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

Cen­tral city har­bour jew­el

A zephyr blows through

Event and par­ty H.Q.

 

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

Can’t get through the CBD

Trans­port sys­tem, hah!

Bus­es, not auto­mo­biles

 

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

Sor­ry some stuff you can’t see

Most of it you should

Noth­ing to hide from no-one

 

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

We need to reduce our waste

Com­post organ­ics

Put it on pub­lic gar­dens

 

5. What is your pol­i­cy on street alco­holics?

Leave them they don’t mean no harm

There but for the grace

A cat can look at a queen

 

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

I sup­port pub­lic trans­port

Taxis, ser­vice trucks

And peo­ple if they’re care­ful

 

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

Some­where on state high­way one

Veg­gies and fresh fruit

Sor­ry it wasn’t clos­er

 

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

From Wilton to Kil­birnie

Shin­ing sil­ver route

Pity it’s so expen­sive

 

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

Not long ago but too long

Aquat­ic Cen­tre

Kid­dies pool with my daugh­ter

 

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

No need, we’re doing okay

Our coun­cils do talk

See how it works up north first

 

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

Sure do, keep peo­ple in touch

The inter­web rocks

These groups deserve coun­cil help

 

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

Pri­vati­sa­tion no way

Fix the main pipes first

We’ve sold too much already

 

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

Syd­ney with Dar­ling Har­bour

Let’s use water­front

Peo­ple first, build­ings sec­ond.

 

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

Oh yes my mes­sage is clear

Please vote for some­one

Don’t com­plain if you don’t vote

 

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

Yay com­mu­ni­ty gar­dens

Yum­my food for all

Let’s all be Hen­ny Pen­ny.