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: