{"id":167,"date":"2022-06-12T08:34:08","date_gmt":"2022-06-12T08:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/?p=167"},"modified":"2022-09-17T05:53:15","modified_gmt":"2022-09-17T05:53:15","slug":"central-ward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/2022\/06\/12\/central-ward\/","title":{"rendered":"Central Ward"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<h1>Central Ward for Councilor \u2013 1 Position<\/h1>\n<p>Location where the Show is being Filmed \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.co.nz\/maps\/place\/Epuni+Community+Hall\/@-41.2076224,174.9266933,17z\/data=!4m9!1m2!2m1!1sHutt+City+Musical+Theatre!3m5!1s0x6d38aaf256587167:0x9a00bc2ce691421c!8m2!3d-41.2067244!4d174.9299049!15sChlIdXR0IENpdHkgTXVzaWNhbCBUaGVhdHJlWhsiGWh1dHQgY2l0eSBtdXNpY2FsIHRoZWF0cmWSAQtldmVudF92ZW51ZZoBIENoUkRTVWhOTUc5blMwVkpRMEZuU1VOVmVrdFJVUkFC\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Hutt City Musical Theatre&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:515,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;4&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:16773836},&quot;12&quot;:0}\">Hutt City Musical Theatre<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Date of the show \u2013 Thursday 15th September 2022<\/p>\n<p>Times to arrive \u2013 Audience Members arrive by 630pm<\/p>\n<p>Broadcast Time \u2013 7pm to 9pm<\/p>\n<p>Books your tickets\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/its-in-the-ballot-central-ward-for-hutt-city-council-tickets-380798958937\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Submit your questions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/ZJBFJorb6Y1L2EFZA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here\u00a0<\/a>\u2013 We will select the best questions for the show<\/p>\n<h1><strong>Candidates who are Standing<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Standing here \u2013 Register your attendance\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forms.gle\/pdJenUKt5k8Vv7vL6\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Glenda Barratt&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:8705,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Glenda Barratt<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1102 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/temp-95-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><strong>\r\nConfirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person <\/strong>\r\nWebsite - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unitedhutt.co.nz\/glenda-barratt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.unitedhutt.co.nz\/glenda-barratt<\/a>\r\nFacebook - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100071506936809\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=100071506936809<\/a>\r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:glenda.barratt@outlook.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;glenda.barratt@outlook.co.nz&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10945,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">glenda.barratt@outlook.co.nz<\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Steve Hockley&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:8705,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Steve Hockley<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1103 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/temp-96-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Confirmed attending It's in the Ballot in Person <\/strong>\r\nWebsite -  \r\nFacebook - \r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stevehockley\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stevehockley\/?hl=en<\/a>\r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:steve@stevehockley.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;steve@stevehockley.co.nz&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10945,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">steve@stevehockley.co.nz<\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Faran Shahzad&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:8705,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Faran Shahzad<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1104 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/temp-97-258x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<h1><\/h1>\n<pre><strong>Invited to attend by didn't respond <\/strong>\r\nWebsite - \r\nFacebook - <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FaranforCentralWard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/FaranforCentralWard<\/a>\r\nTwitter - \r\nInstagram - \r\nEmail - <a href=\"mailto:Farano3851@hotmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Farano3851@hotmail.com&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:10945,&quot;3&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:0},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;10&quot;:2,&quot;12&quot;:0,&quot;14&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0},&quot;16&quot;:10}\">Farano3851@hotmail.com<\/span><\/a><\/pre>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Questions that are in the Shows Boxes<\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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).\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What will you do to help Northern Ward councillors to gain Stokes Valley a direct off\/on access to the motorway?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your priorities to work on for the next three years if you are elected?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why should I vote for you? (No political jargon please)<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are you going to do to stop rate rises going up and up at a higher rate than wages?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What priorities would you advocate for that are specific to the Central Ward, and how?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maori make up about 20% of the Lower Hutt population.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What are your views on creating Maori Wards and having fair representation for Tangata Whenua in Te Awa Kairangi?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should councils be forced to treat their potable water with fluoride?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What support do you have from the current Mayor for your campaign platforms?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your thoughts on the public libraries in Hutt City, and do you have any plans around them?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What will you bring that is different from the current leadership?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your thoughts on Hutt City shifting to voting using Single Transferable Vote (STV) instead of First Past the Post (FPP)?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How do you propose to foster a more positive public impression of more active modes of transport such as cycling and walking?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saving the planet and saving the car can\u2019t happen together.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">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?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wellington City Council has committed to normalising Te Reo Maori.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">Would you commit to doing the same for Hutt City?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How will you personally role model reducing climate change? Such as cycling to work every day, or eating a plant based diet, etc?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you bring in household food waste collection to stop this from going to landfill?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need land for housing.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">How will you support freeing up land in the right places (and without letting rich NIMBYs stop you)?.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are you going to do to ensure young people\u2019s voices are heard and actioned to keep our city vibrant and growing?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A councillor resigns 12 months before the next election.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What would you propose for the vacancy?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should councils be funding and organising community events?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are your plans for flood mitigation and resilience if you become elected, particularly in the Riverbank car park area?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Climate change is one of our biggest threats.\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li aria-level=\"1\">What will you personally do to role model decarbonisation?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Should councils be funding and organising community events?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Would you bring in household food waste collection to stop this from going to landfill?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hard Hitting Questions<\/span><\/h1>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is your position on the Three Waters Reform and why have you come to that position?<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is currently no funding allocated to physical work for climate change adaptation.\u00a0 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&#8217;s call for such a response? And, if so, how would you see it resourced and funded?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h1>Highlight Videos from the Night<\/h1>\n<p>More to come<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Central Ward for Councilor \u2013 1 Position Location where the Show is being Filmed \u2013 Hutt City Musical Theatre Date of the show \u2013 Thursday 15th September 2022 Times to arrive \u2013 Audience Members arrive by 630pm Broadcast Time \u2013 7pm to 9pm Books your tickets\u00a0here Submit your questions\u00a0here\u00a0\u2013 We will select the best questions [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hutt-city-council"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/itsintheballot.nz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}