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, Jo Cough­lan who did not spec­i­fy where she is run­ning.

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

Con­tin­ue to ensure the night shel­ter and soup kitchen are sup­port­ed and that peo­ple who are strug­gling have access to the Gov­ern­ment ser­vices that are …

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

Con­tin­ue to roll out more cycle lanes and do what we are doing in terms of safer roads pro­gramme.

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

Reduce con­ges­tion and future proof our road­ing net­work by get­ting on and build­ing the Basin Reserve bridge and the oth­er sig­nif­i­cant road­ing projects (RONS projects…

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 is more than Weta and Gov­ern­ment. 80 % of Welling­to­ni­ans are not employed by the pub­lic sec­tor. We have a wide range of indus­tries – includ­ing …

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

Keep doing what I am already doing which is deliv­er­ing an eco­nom­ic devel­op­ment strat­e­gy which is focussing on

  • Pro­mot­ing Welling­ton as a great place to …

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

I think we need more peo­ple – anoth­er 200 000 would be great;  and a more pos­i­tive atti­tude.

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

As a par­ent of six chil­dren I think Welling­ton offers a great deal for fam­i­lies. There is a good bal­ance of stim­u­lat­ing things to do …

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

Encour­age peo­ple to vote for a start – vot­er turnout is poor.

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

Noth­ing unusu­al real­ly – obvi­ous­ly find­ing the chil­dren and mak­ing sure they are all safe is the biggest con­cern. They know to stay at school until col­lect­ed.

10. Why should we vote for you?

I am ambi­tious for a vibrant and world class Welling­ton. I can get things done and am com­mit­ted to mak­ing Welling­ton a place where my …

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

Prob­a­bly Google!