We’ve pro­vid­ed a set of ques­tions for the may­oral and coun­cil­lor can­di­dates to answer. First 25 words to an answer get post­ed. Check our 2013 Elec­tion cov­er­age for all respons­es as they come in.

When we con­tact­ed can­di­dates with our ques­tions, we asked them to email a spe­cif­ic email address that all the ‘ista could access so that answers could be post­ed faster. This can­di­date did­n’t use that email address. Hence the late post­ing.

After the jump, Jack Yan who is run­ning for may­or

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

Sup­port shel­ters, have an advo­cate for the home­less and beg­gars, assist with get­ting peo­ple into train­ing, and help improve the jobs’ mar­ket.

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

Greater pedes­tri­an­iza­tion, and have a few mar­ket week­ends in the sum­mer with­out cars in the inner city, just like dur­ing the movie pre­mières.

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

Encour­ag­ing pub­lic trans­port, by releas­ing the real-time data so we can visu­al­ize where bus­es and trains are. Oth­er road users will get a bet­ter flow.

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?

Welling­ton can grow busi­ness if we pro­mote inno­va­tion and cre­ativ­i­ty. Strengths: our peo­ple. Welling­to­ni­ans are gen­er­ous and smart. We have a great work–life bal­ance.

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

Iden­ti­fy the high­est-growth firms and be an advo­cate for them. Open export mar­kets, and pro­mote just how great we are. We need to think glob­al­ly.

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

We need to val­ue what we do more. We often don’t real­ize how amaz­ing we are. We need less BS from less pro­gres­sive politi­cians.

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

A com­mit­ment to child-friend­ly poli­cies for edu­ca­tion, health and wel­fare. Greater engage­ment with young peo­ple, includ­ing one on one via social media.

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

Allow a dif­fer­ent Welling­ton­ian each week to run the offi­cial city tourism account. Make pub­lic doc­u­ments pub­lic and search­able. Web­cast meet­ings where pos­si­ble.

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

We have safe spots in each room. There’s an old-school tele­phone that can be pow­ered using the phone out­let, and not the 240 V.

10. Why should we vote for you?

If we need to build our cre­ative and inno­v­a­tive sec­tors, we should vote in some­one from those sec­tors who believes Welling­ton is world-class.

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

Head to backjack2013.com. My manifesto’s been up since April. You can even watch the videos.