We’ve got anoth­er response to our set of ques­tions, fully lim­ited to 25 words. Check out our 2013 elec­tion cov­er­age for the grow­ing list of can­did­ate sub­mis­sions. Read on for Peter Kennedy, can­did­ate for the East­ern Ward.

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

Work­ing along­side social agen­cies to help provide bet­ter out­comes for people, regard­less of their cir­cum­stances.  Lob­bing Gov­ern­ment for fur­ther fund­ing for many of these agen­cies.

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

As redevel­op­ments and up-grades occur, that’s when cyclelanes should be imple­men­ted.  More light­ing, more sig­nage, speed restric­tions around schools and shop­ping areas. Driver edu­ca­tion.

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

The Fly­over should be built, a second Mt Vic­tor­ia tun­nel and the ‘high­way’ to the Air­port com­pleted.  These will aid decon­ges­tion around the Basin Reserve.

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?

The strength of Wel­ling­ton is in its people.  For any com­munity to be suc­cess­ful, it needs diversity, and the respect­ive strengths every­one brings with them.

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

Engage with busi­ness own­ers, pro­mote Wel­ling­ton at home and abroad, and seek invest­ment oppor­tun­it­ies from those sources who want to invest in the City.

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

Right now, it needs invig­or­a­tion and a pos­it­ive can-do atti­tude.  It needs less pro­cras­tin­a­tion.  We need to learn to work togeth­er again.

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

We need to look at what we charge chil­dren and our youth to use our amen­it­ies.  More facil­it­ies aimed at chil­dren, and our youth.

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

We need open demo­cracy, open gov­ern­ment. Everyone’s involve­ment in all fac­tions of soci­ety should be wel­come.  No one part of soci­ety should con­sider itself elit­ist.

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

Ours is a flex­ible plan.  We can’t guar­an­tee where we will be when and if the big one hits.  Short-term, get to high­er ground.

10.  Why should we vote for you?

I will rep­res­ent you.  You are my pri­or­ity.  Your vote is import­ant.  For too long, the people of the East have lacked a genu­ine rep­res­ent­a­tion.

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

Ph. 970‑7874.  Face­book  Peter Kennedy  vote.co.nz  Email:  peterkennedy21@gmail.com  Con­tact me, always happy to chat, got a prob­lem, phone me.