June 12, 2022
Central Ward
Central Ward for Councilor – 1 Position Location where the Show is being Filmed – Hutt City Musical Theatre Date of the show – Thursday 15th September 2022 Times to arrive – Audience Members arrive by 630pm Broadcast Time – 7pm to 9pm Books your tickets here Submit your questions here – We will select the best questions […]
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Hutt City Council

Central Ward for Councilor – 1 Position

Location where the Show is being Filmed – Hutt City Musical Theatre

Date of the show – Thursday 15th September 2022

Times to arrive – Audience Members arrive by 630pm

Broadcast Time – 7pm to 9pm

Books your tickets here

Submit your questions here – We will select the best questions for the show

Candidates who are Standing

Standing here – Register your attendance here

Glenda Barratt


Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person 
Website - https://www.unitedhutt.co.nz/glenda-barratt
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100071506936809
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Email - glenda.barratt@outlook.co.nz

 

 

 

Steve Hockley

Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person 
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Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/stevehockley/?hl=en
Email - steve@stevehockley.co.nz

 

 

 

 

 

Faran Shahzad

Invited to attend by didn't respond 
Website - 
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FaranforCentralWard
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Instagram - 
Email - Farano3851@hotmail.com

 

 

 

Questions that are in the Shows Boxes

  1. 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?
  2. The entry into Stokes Valley is no longer fit for purpose, given the increase in population and traffic into the valley. It is chronically bottlenecked, is vulnerable to flooding and accidents, and is indirect (so wastes petrol). 
    • What will you do to help Northern Ward councillors to gain Stokes Valley a direct off/on access to the motorway?
  3. What are your priorities to work on for the next three years if you are elected?
  4. Why should I vote for you? (No political jargon please)
  5. What are you going to do to stop rate rises going up and up at a higher rate than wages?
  6. What priorities would you advocate for that are specific to the Central Ward, and how?
  7. Maori make up about 20% of the Lower Hutt population. 
    • What are your views on creating Maori Wards and having fair representation for Tangata Whenua in Te Awa Kairangi?
  8. What will you do for people with invisible disabilities in the community to use playgrounds, use public spaces etc and feel part of Hutt City?
  9. Should councils be forced to treat their potable water with fluoride?
  10. What support do you have from the current Mayor for your campaign platforms?
  11. What are your thoughts on the public libraries in Hutt City, and do you have any plans around them?
  12. What will you bring that is different from the current leadership?
  13. What are your thoughts on Hutt City shifting to voting using Single Transferable Vote (STV) instead of First Past the Post (FPP)?
  14. How do you propose to foster a more positive public impression of more active modes of transport such as cycling and walking?
  15. 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 and being parked on our streets?
  16. Wellington City Council has committed to normalising Te Reo Maori.
    • Would you commit to doing the same for Hutt City?
  17. How will you personally role model reducing climate change? Such as cycling to work every day, or eating a plant based diet, etc?
  18. Would you bring in household food waste collection to stop this from going to landfill?
  19. We need land for housing. 
    • How will you support freeing up land in the right places (and without letting rich NIMBYs stop you)?.
  20. What are you going to do to ensure young people’s voices are heard and actioned to keep our city vibrant and growing?
  21. A councillor resigns 12 months before the next election. 
    • What would you propose for the vacancy?
  22. Should councils be funding and organising community events?
  23. What are your plans for flood mitigation and resilience if you become elected, particularly in the Riverbank car park area?
  24. With the recent slips in Wainuiomata trapping people in the Suburb, how will you help Wainuiomata councillors to get a second alternative route to Wainuiomata and will you aim to have it in the Long Term Plan?
  25. Climate change is one of our biggest threats. 
    • What will you personally do to role model decarbonisation?
  26. Should councils be funding and organising community events?
  27. Would you bring in household food waste collection to stop this from going to landfill?
  28. How will you provide for our community to get around in healthy, low carbon, and low cost means that will enable our city to halve our transport emissions by 2030?

Hard Hitting Questions

  1. What is your position on the $199 Million Cross Valley Link Project and would you be supporting or opposing it in the long term plan?
  2. What is your position on the Three Waters Reform and why have you come to that position?
  3. There is currently no funding allocated to physical work for climate change adaptation.  All that seems to be in the pipeline is planning. Communities are looking to the Council for the creation of a multi-party, community-led, council-funded taskforce to accelerate impact assessments and action. Do you agree with the community’s call for such a response? And, if so, how would you see it resourced and funded?

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