We’ve pro­vid­ed a set of ques­tions for the may­oral and coun­cil­lor can­di­dates to answer. See the cur­rent set of respons­es or read on for Hay­ley’s thoughts on Welling­ton, sub­ject­ed to the 25-word para­met­ric fil­ter.

  1. What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less peo­ple and beg­gars?

Increas­ing afford­able hous­ing stock/implementing cross sec­tor case man­age­ment and sup­port­ed hous­ing as per Te Mahana strat­e­gy. See hayleyrobinson.com/home/hous­ing for Hun­dred Homes Strat­e­gy.

  1. What would you do to make Welling­ton more cycle and pedes­tri­an friend­ly?

PT/cycles/pedestrian only Lambton Quay/part of Willis. Com­plete cycle­ways with­in 5 years (dan­ger­ous areas with­in 2). Cycle park-and-ride. More car park-and-ride. More bike…

  1. How do you think traf­fic flow to the hos­pi­tal and air­port should be improved?

Rapid bus tran­sit for short/medium term. Con­sid­er light rail for long term. Alter­ations to intersections/traffic light cycles around Basin Reserve.

  1. 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?

All could be even bet­ter: walk­a­bil­i­ty, high­ly-qual­i­fied work­force, cur­rent (under-pro­mot­ed) attrac­tions, access to green areas, har­bour, din­ing, diver­si­ty and peo­ple.

  1. What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­ness­es, and busi­ness con­fi­dence in Welling­ton?

Pro­pose Hun­dred Homes strat­e­gy; pro­pose cut­ting low-infra­struc­ture sub­ur­ban-based busi­ness rates; pro­pose no pri­vate vehi­cles in city cen­tre; com­mu­ni­cate reg­u­lar­ly with SME’s and larg­er…

  1. What does Welling­ton need more of, and what does Welling­ton need less of?

More: afford­able homes, cycle infra­struc­ture, enter­pris­es and jobs. Less: cuts to library spend­ing and ser­vices, Coun­cil delays in answer­ing queries, peo­ple with­out homes

  1. What would your city coun­cil pro­vide for chil­dren and young peo­ple?

Com­plete mod­ern library ser­vices, youth group facil­i­ties, warm dry hous­ing their par­ents can afford, safer paths/roads around some schools, afford­able pub­lic trans­port, safe cycle­ways.

  1. What steps would you take to encour­age civic engage­ment?

Improve Coun­cil trans­paren­cy, data avail­abil­i­ty and ensure online oppor­tu­ni­ties for public’s ideas/solutions. Enable pub­lic access to infor­ma­tion before sub­mis­sion process. See www.hayleyrobinson.com/our-coun­cil-and-com­mu­ni­ty-engage­ment

  1. Tell us about your per­son­al earth­quake plan / What’s unusu­al about your earth­quake kit?

Med­i­cines sep­a­rate and out of child-reach. Includes bat­tery-charg­er for cell. Involves a live chick­en called “Earth­quake Din­ner”. And a lot of pota­toes in…

  1. Why should we vote for you?

Because you want a Coun­cil­lor who will lis­ten, read reports, actu­al­ly attend the meet­ings, feed­back to the com­mu­ni­ty, and make evi­dence-based deci­sions. Encour­ag­ing coop­er­a­tive…

  1. Where can we find out more about what you stand for?

@HayleyRobinsonK; hayleyrobinson.com; vote.co.nz; www.facebook.com/LetsWork­To­geth­er­For­Welling­ton; Scoop; strathmorepark.org; meet the can­di­dates evening, St John’s Hall, Sept 11, 7pm; oth­er meet­ings as per hayleyrobinson.com/getting-out-and-lis­ten­ing-to-you; hayley@hrobinson.co.nz