District Wide Ward for Councilor – 3 Position
Location where the Show is being Filmed – Waikanae Community Centre
Date of the show – Monday 29th 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
Ian Powell
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/improvedhealthcareaccess Twitter - https://twitter.com/IanPowell_NZ Instagram - Email - ian.powell@outlook.co.nz
Maria McMillan
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/mariamcmillanforkapiti Twitter - https://twitter.com/ijmmcm Instagram - Email - mariamcmforkapiti@gmail.com
Jackie Elliott
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email - elliott4kapiti@gmail.com
Michelle Lewis
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Michelle-Lewis-for-Kapiti-Coast-Council-101144202731521 Twitter - Instagram - Email - mlewiswcb@gmail.com
Lawrence Kirby
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - https://www.kirby4kapiti.nz/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/Kirby4Kapiti Twitter - Instagram - Email - lawrence4council@gmail.com
Mark Benton
Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person Website - Facebook - Twitter - Instagram - Email - tina.mark@xtra.co.nz
Questions that are in the Shows Boxes
- What is your position on the future use of the Paraparaumu airport precinct land?
- Are you affiliated with Voices For Freedom in any way?
- Given Kāpiti’s current population size, and potential growth, will there be zoning for hospital land in the region for a hospital to be built?
- Will you give your utmost priority to repairing and reopening the Waikanae library?
- What’s your biggest priority for the next term, and how do you intend on delivering on that?
- What are you personally going to do to role model climate action such as bike to work every day, go zero waste or eating a plant based diet?
- For all intents and purposes, Three Waters Reform is happening.
- What’s your opinion of it, and how will you support KCDC through reforms?
- Do you support more housing in the district, and if so, how would you see this achieved?
- A councillor resigns 12 months before the next election.
- What would you propose for the vacancy?
- 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?
- Taking into consideration all the information we have on the Kapiti Gateway will you vote to stop the project? Yes or No
- How do you propose to foster a more positive public impression of more active modes of transport such as cycling and walking?
- 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 Kapiti 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?
- 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?
- Should 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?
- What is your vision for improving recycling in the Kapiti Coast area?
- Climate change is one of our biggest threats.
- What will you personally do to role model decarbonisation?
- What is your position on the Arawhata-Ihakara Link Road and would you support keeping it in the long term plan?
- What is your position on housing intensification near the Paraparaumu Train Station? And how many stories high should it go to?
- Last Year some councils decided to create Maori Wards for this local body elections, Kapiti Coast District Council didn’t.
- What is your position on creating Maori Wards for the 2025 local body elections?
- There are concerns that the current Paraparaumu Airport precinct may be sold off.
- Would you support the council purchasing the airport as Civil Defence Land?
- Do you think climate change should be voter’s number one concern at the ballot box?
- Should councils be forced to treat their potable water with fluoride?
- What are the best strategies to reduce flood risks?
- What are the challenges facing water sources? What are your priorities for protecting and enhancing the quality of these water sources?
Hard Hitting Questions
- The Kapiti Gateway is planned to be built on a tidal creek at the hightide mark and removing green space and dunes, a project with no community support. A massive concrete car park will be built in fragile sand dunes in the park to accommodate more cars all at a cost of $7.7M.
- Can each candidate state if they have previously supported this project and if so how this aligns with their climate emergency and climate change stance?
- Most young people born on Kapiti Coast end up moving away.
- What are you doing to ensure young people’s voices are heard and actioned to keep our district vibrant and growing?
- What is your position on all aspects of Three Waters – lifting safe, reliable drinking water. better environmental performance of wastewater and stormwater services. efficient, sustainable, resilient and accountable multi-regional water and sewage services?
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