1. What should the council’s role be in cre­at­ing afford­able hous­ing?

Stream­line con­sent­ing process. Open up new land with avail­able pub­lic trans­port links. Sup­port public/private part­ner­ships for new devel­op­ment. Sup­port social hous­ing

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

I brought my local com­mu­ni­ty togeth­er in 2015 so that their voice was heard on medi­um den­si­ty hous­ing. Almost 500 sub­mis­sions were made

3. What project do you plan to cham­pi­on most if you win this posi­tion?

I will get the Coun­cil to work bet­ter with local com­mu­ni­ties so their voice is heard much ear­li­er on.

4. What’s your opin­ion on the pro­posed new bus routes?

We need much more engage­ment by GWRC with impact­ed com­mu­ni­ties. WCC also needs to be more active­ly involved to ensure the best pos­si­ble out­comes.

5. What’s your opin­ion on cycle­ways?

Con­tin­ue to devel­op them as part of an inte­grat­ed trans­port sys­tem (sup­port­ing fur­ther recre­ation­al use) and include local com­mu­ni­ties in the design process.

6. What’s your opin­ion on the air­port exten­sion?

Not the right time until it can be proven to be safe, eco­nom­i­cal­ly viable, eco­log­i­cal­ly friend­ly and % con­tri­bu­tion match­es own­er­ship.

7. Who is the biggest dona­tor to your cam­paign?

The Calvert/Owens fam­i­ly

8. Which NZ politi­cian do you most admire?

Paula Ben­nett for call­ing it was it is- a hous­ing “cri­sis” (not a chal­lenge) and con­sis­tent­ly com­pe­tent. Pos­si­ble PM one day?

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

Get it oper­a­tional asap, start appre­ci­at­ing it once again and earn­ing income from it as a conference/concert venue

10. How long have you lived in the area you are stand­ing for?

Near­ly 16 years in the Onslow-West­ern ward along with my hus­band and our daugh­ters. (Last 22 years in Welling­ton, pri­or to that Christchurch and UK)

11. What’s one thing from the 2013–2016 Coun­cil term you think was real­ly great and why?

More peo­ple are now inter­est­ed in who to vote for, more are vocal about they want the new coun­cil to do and more will vote.

12. What do you think of the Auck­land Uni­tary Plan and what can Welling­ton learn from it?

Bite the bul­let and get mov­ing with devel­op­ing a new com­pre­hen­sive Dis­trict Plan fit for the 21st cen­tu­ry (not the 20th) before it’s too late.

13. What’s the biggest risk Welling­ton faces in the next ten years?

Earth­quake, so we must keep a strong focus on pre­pared­ness

14. How will you work with the rest of the coun­cil to achieve the things you’re set­ting out to do?

Find out where there is com­mon ground, get a shared vision, give a lit­tle, get agree­ment on a plan for­ward and reg­u­lar­ly get togeth­er social­ly ’

15. Who do you nom­i­nate for Welling­ton­ista Welling­ton­ian of the Year (assum­ing we run the TAWAs again)?

Helen Kel­ly-giv­en what she is going through per­son­al­ly and to still strong­ly cham­pi­on key issues for the coun­try. Absolute­ly amaz­ing deter­mi­na­tion.