We offered to pub­lish the answers from any can­did­ates in the loc­al body elec­tions and Rex Nairn who is stand­ing in South­ern Ward has stepped up.

1. You have 30 seconds to con­vince someone to come to Wel­ling­ton. What’s your pitch?

Cent­ral city har­bour jew­el

A zephyr blows through

Event and party H.Q.

 

2. How do you think traffic flow to the hos­pit­al and air­port could be improved? 

Can’t get through the CBD

Trans­port sys­tem, hah!

Buses, not auto­mo­biles

 

3. Where do you stand on the issue of open­ing up gov­ern­ment data?

Sorry some stuff you can’t see

Most of it you should

Noth­ing to hide from no-one

 

4. What plans do you have to improve recycling/composting facil­it­ies?

We need to reduce our waste

Com­post organ­ics

Put it on pub­lic gar­dens

 

5. What is your policy on street alco­hol­ics?

Leave them they don’t mean no harm

There but for the grace

A cat can look at a queen

 

6. Do you sup­port ped­es­tri­an­isa­tion of the Golden Mile Why/Why not?

I sup­port pub­lic trans­port

Tax­is, ser­vice trucks

And people if they’re care­ful

 

7. What’s the last loc­al mar­ket you went to? What did you buy?

Some­where on state high­way one

Veg­gies and fresh fruit

Sorry it wasn’t closer

 

8. Describe your bicycle, or your favour­ite bus route?

From Wilton to Kil­birnie

Shin­ing sil­ver route

Pity it’s so expens­ive

 

9. When did you last use the lib­rary, a com­munity centre, or a coun­cil-run sports facil­ity?

Not long ago but too long

Aquat­ic Centre

Kid­dies pool with my daugh­ter

 

10. Would you wel­come a cent­ral gov­ern­ment driv­en “super-city” amal­gam­a­tion of loc­al author­it­ies? If not, why not?

No need, we’re doing okay

Our coun­cils do talk

See how it works up north first

 

11. Do you think the coun­cil has a role in fos­ter­ing com­munity web­sites? If so, how?

Sure do, keep people in touch

The inter­web rocks

These groups deserve coun­cil help

 

12. Where do you stand on water privit­isa­tion, and why?

Privat­isa­tion no way

Fix the main pipes first

We’ve sold too much already

 

13. What city over­seas inspires your vis­ion for Wel­ling­ton? How?

Sydney with Darling Har­bour

Let’s use water­front

People first, build­ings second.

 

14. Is the concept of demo­crat­ic rep­res­ent­a­tion import­ant to you? How so?

Oh yes my mes­sage is clear

Please vote for someone

Don’t com­plain if you don’t vote

 

15. What do you think about com­munity gar­dens on pub­lic land?

Yay com­munity gar­dens

Yummy food for all

Let’s all be Henny Penny.