Run­ning for may­or or coun­cil in Wel­ling­ton? We wanna know about it.

If you’re a can­did­ate in the Wel­ling­ton region, we would like you to answer some ques­tions for us. Ques­tions were com­piled by the Wel­ling­tonista, in con­sulta­tion with our read­ers.   You get 25 words per answer, and you bet­ter believe we’ll be pub­lish­ing only those 25 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 elections@wellingtonista.com, includ­ing what area you’re run­ning in. We’ll pub­lish responses in the order that we receive them.  You can also check out the res­ults from when we did this back in 2010 under this cat­egory.

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

  1. What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less people and beg­gars?
  2. What would you do to make Wel­ling­ton more cycle and ped­es­tri­an friendly?
  3. How do you think traffic flow to the hos­pit­al and air­port should be improved?
  4. What are your views on the sug­ges­tion Wel­ling­ton needs to be “more than just Weta and Gov­ern­ment” – what do you think are Wellington’s strengths?
  5. What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­nesses, and busi­ness con­fid­ence in Wel­ling­ton?
  6. What does Wel­ling­ton need more of, and what does Wel­ling­ton need less of?
  7. What would your city coun­cil provide for chil­dren and young people?
  8. What steps would you take to encour­age civic engage­ment?
  9. Tell us about your per­son­al earth­quake plan / What’s unusu­al about your earth­quake kit?
  10. Why should we vote for you?
  11. Where can we find out more about what you stand for?

So far we have received responses from: