1. What should the council’s role be in cre­at­ing afford­able hous­ing?
WCC is the coun­try’s sec­ond largest land­lord. We’ve got decades of expe­ri­ence in pro­vid­ing afford­able hous­ing.
I firm­ly believe there’s a role for WCC to…

2. What one project for Welling­ton have you been most active on so far?

Over the past 6 years I have worked on projects to deliv­er $40m of com­mu­ni­ty projects in my ward, includ­ing a new library, two learn-to-swim…
 
3. What project do you plan to cham­pi­on most if you win this posi­tion?
Build­ing more homes in Welling­ton and address­ing home­less­ness.
 
4. What’s your opin­ion on the pro­posed new bus routes?
My gen­er­al approach is ‘if it isn’t bro­ken, don’t fix it’. The cur­rent sys­tem serves Welling­ton very well. If the changes can pro­vide more reli­a­bil­i­ty…
 
5. What’s your opin­ion on cycle­ways?
I think cycle­ways and good cycling infra­struc­ture is essen­tial in every mod­ern city . I’ve com­mit­ted to our urban cycling frame­work and its imple­men­ta­tion.
I want…
6. What’s your opin­ion on the air­port exten­sion?
As we assess the infra­struc­ture needs of the city of the next 50 years, I think we need to con­sid­er the air­port exten­sion. I have…
7. Who is the biggest dona­tor to your cam­paign?
Me!
I’ve fundraised and had some dona­tions, but I have under­writ­ten the cam­paign myself because I think that’s impor­tant.
 
8. Which NZ politi­cian do you most admire?
Helen Clark

9. What do you think needs to hap­pen to the Town Hall?

It needs to be strength­ened as soon as pos­si­ble. We are close to con­firm­ing an agree­ment with the New Zealand Sym­pho­ny Orches­tra and Vic­to­ria Uni­ver­si­ty’s…
10. How long have you lived in the area you are stand­ing for?
13 years.
11. What’s one thing from the 2013–2016 Coun­cil term you think was real­ly great and why?
I’ve got two things:
- High­light­ing social issues in Welling­ton such as home­less­ness, upgrad­ing our social hous­ing units, the liv­ing wage and a smoke free Welling­ton and…
12. What do you think of the Auck­land Uni­tary Plan and what can Welling­ton learn from it?
I think it’s a sen­si­ble approach to address the cur­rent and future growth issues Auck­land faces. Welling­ton is dif­fer­ent as we don’t have the same…
13. What’s the biggest risk Welling­ton faces in the next ten years?
An earth­quake and being ready to respond to its impact..
14. How will you work with the rest of the coun­cil to achieve the things you’re set­ting out to do?
I’ll work with Coun­cil­lors as I have through­out my time on coun­cil. I’ll be pro­fes­sion­al, cour­te­ous, hard-work­ing and will lead by exam­ple.
I’m a strong…
15. Who do you nom­i­nate for Welling­ton­ista Welling­ton­ian of the Year (assum­ing we run the TAWAs again)?
Stephanie McIn­tyre, Direc­tor at Down­town Com­mu­ni­ty Min­istry for her tire­less work on sup­port­ing Welling­ton’s most vul­ner­a­ble peo­ple.