Wharangi-Onslow-Western Ward – 3 Position
Location where the Show is being Filmed – Otari School – Te Kura o Otari
Date of the show – Sunday 28th August 2022
Times to arrive – Audience Members arrive by 630pm
Broadcast Time – 7pm to 9pm
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Submit your questions here – We will select the best questions for the show
Candidates who are Standing
Standing here – Register your attendance here
Lachlan Patterson
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - https://lachlanpatterson.nz/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/LachlanForWharangi Twitter - https://twitter.com/lachlanp_ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/lachlandcp/ Email - ldc.patterson@gmail.com
Ray Chung
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - http://www.chungnumber1.nz/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Chungnumber1 Twitter - Instagram - Email - chungnumber01@gmail.com
Rebecca Matthews
Declined to Attend Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RebeccaMatthewsforWharangi Twitter - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/councillor_rebeccamatthews/ Email - rebecca.matthews@wcc.govt.nz
DR Barbara McKenzie
Confirmed attending, but last minute apologies
Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email - mckenziebarbara42@gmail.com
Diane Calvert
Declined to Attend Website - https://www.dianecalvert.nz/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/dianecalvertnz Twitter - https://twitter.com/dianecalvertnz Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dianecalvertnz/ Email - diane@dianecalvert.nz
Bob Mason
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - Twitter - https://twitter.com/BobMasonNZ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bobmasonnz/ Email - campaigns@top.org.nz
Alexander Garside
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/GarsideImaging Twitter - https://twitter.com/AlexanderGarsi8 Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/garsideimaging/ Email - garside.imaging@outlook.com
Kelvin Hastie
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Kelvin-Hastie-Predator-Free-Community-Champion-1725576934371425 Twitter - https://twitter.com/hastie_kelvin Instagram - Email - kelvinenhalo@gmail.com
Questions that are in the Shows Boxes
- A councilor resigns 12 months before the next election. What would you propose for the vacancy?
- Do you support more housing in the ward, and if so, how would you see this achieved?
- This year there will be a Māori Ward Councillor.
- How do you see WCC achieving true co-governance with Māori?
- I believe we need housing for everyone more than we need draughty heritage buildings.
- How will you support more housing against the naysayers in Wellington?
- What are you doing to ensure young people’s voices are heard and actioned to keep our city vibrant and growing?
- I cycle every day in Wellington (yes, even in the interesting weather).
- What are you doing to support me as I help you reduce congestion and fight climate change?
- Please be specific and address safety concerns of cyclists.
- We know we need to pay now for essential upgrades that previous councils have avoided because of pushback from homeowners and fear of rates bills.
- What will you do to stop pushing these expenses onto the younger generations and ensure that this city is maintained as it should be?
- Some councillors have actively supported hate speech against cyclists.
- Do you think this is appropriate and what will you do to stop it in the future?
- We need land for housing.
- How will you support freeing up land in the right places (and without letting rich NIMBYs (Not In My BackYarders) stop you)?
- Internationally, cities that are nicer places to walk around are considered better places to live.
- What will you do to improve the experience of pedestrians in Wellington such as wider footpaths, less on street parking, more green spaces, protection from the wind and rain?
- Many people want to cycle around Wellington but live up or down steep steps and don’t have anywhere to store a bike.
- Do you support the provision of secure, weatherproof bike parking on city streets so that people can keep their bikes in the same way you currently support car owners?
- The council has committed to normalising te Reo Māori in Pōneke.
- What will you do to ensure this happens?
- How do you propose to foster a more positive public impression of more active modes of transport such as cycling and walking?
- What is your immediate actionable plan for upgrading decaying and failing infrastructure such as sewage, water, and stabilisation of hillsides for critical routes and suspending non critical projects?
- What are you personally going to do to role model climate action such as bike to work every day, go zero waste or eat a plant based diet?
- WCC will get extra rates revenue from increased housing density.
- What actual steps will you take to improve services to these corridor suburbs – including community services and utilities?
- Saving the planet and saving the car can’t happen together.
- What are you going to do in the term to actively reduce the number of private cars driving around Wellington and being parked on our streets?
- Covid has shown us that we need a bit more space to move around and not catch contagious diseases. At the moment those in cars have all the space and pedestrians are squashed onto narrow pavements.
- What will you do to make more space for those of us walking around the city? Such as one way streets, change on street parking to pavement etc?
- Delaying projects that reduce climate change is a well known strategy by climate change deniers and the fossil fuel industry.
- What will you do to ensure projects are started and completed in a timely manner and not delayed constantly by small groups of people?
- Should WCC social housing firstly be offered to those who are locals?
- Are you a current member of any political party and has your campaign received any support from a political party, including access to voter databases and volunteers?
- What are your priorities to work on for the next three years if you are elected?
- Do you think the provision and beautification of dog amenities should be paid by ratepayers or should they be covered by dog owner’s registration fees?
- Should councils be funding and helping to organise community events?
- How respectful is the relationship between Central and Local Government?
- Do you think climate change should be the number one concern at the ballot box?
- What do you think will be the three biggest issues for Councils in the next term (2022-2025)?
- Do you agree that if there is a move to introduce volumetric charges for water for residents, it should only be introduced with the consent of the majority of voters?
Hard Hitting Questions:
- What is your position on the Three Waters Reform and why have you come to that position?
- Currently there are no plans to replace the Karori Tunnel. There needs to be a 4.3 metre minimum height clearance to allow access for double decker buses.
- What will you do to advocate during your term to ensure that there is a replacement for the current Karori Tunnel put into the Long Term Plan?
- Recently the Khandallah Pools have been put into the Long Term Plan.
- What would do to ensure it remains in the Long Term Plan and is not removed by councillors who are not representing this constituency?
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