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, Mar­tin Wilson who did not say what he was run­ning for.

  1. What should be the city council’s role in help­ing home­less people and beg­gars?
Access to beds, food, resources, com­pany; and appro­pri­ate ser­vices. City coun­cils look after their res­id­ents.
  1. What would you do to make Wel­ling­ton more cycle and ped­es­tri­an friendly?
Ded­ic­ated and sep­ar­ated cycle lanes! East-West, North-South arter­i­al, and lots of loc­al.
  1. How do you think traffic flow to the hos­pit­al and air­port should be improved?
Excel­lent and afford­able pub­lic trans­port! I prefer light rail. And cycle lanes. Both = less cars.
  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?
Cre­ativ­ity and innov­a­tion. Events. The great out­doors. Access­ib­il­ity. Excess­ive beauty. We should embrace the boom­ing new green eco­nomy.
  1. What will YOU do to get more invest­ment, busi­nesses, and busi­ness con­fid­ence in Wel­ling­ton?
Offer suit­able sup­port for start-up and small busi­nesses. Con­tin­ue to devel­op excel­lent city infra­struc­ture.
  1. What does Wel­ling­ton need more of, and what does Wel­ling­ton need less of?

More warm dry houses, cyc­ling, excel­lent pub­lic trans­port, clean energy, sol­ar pan­els; less car ori­ent­a­tion and sub­sidies, cold damp draughty houses, oil drilling, frack­ing.

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

We def­in­itely need more recre­ation­al, devel­op­ment­al and edu­ca­tion­al activ­it­ies for youth, par­tic­u­larly teen­agers. They are an import­ant, but often over­looked, part of our com­munity.

  1. What steps would you take to encour­age civic engage­ment?
If elec­ted, I plan to organ­ise com­munity for­ums. And train­ing for volun­teer groups. We need to dis­cuss how “rep­res­ent­at­ive demo­cracy” should work for us.
  1. Tell us about your per­son­al earth­quake plan / What’s unusu­al about your earth­quake kit?
We have a full kit in the shed; but I also have many resources in my vehicle as well. Plan B.
  1. Why should we vote for you?
We need to do more to reduce emis­sions and try to sta­bil­ise the cli­mate in this beau­ti­ful para­dise earth.
  1. Where can we find out more about what you stand for?
Talk to me. Read my can­did­ate inform­a­tion. Join 350.org and Gen Zero. Get informed on cli­mate change.