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.