Save the Basin sent the following question to all candidates standing for positions on Wellington City Council, Makara-Ohariu Community Board, Tawa Community Board, Greater Wellington Regional Council and Capital and Coast District Health Board.
“Do you support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve”
The question was sent by email on Thursday 12 September and candidates were given until 5pm on Wednesday 18 September to submit their answer. Candidates who did not respond by this deadline were then given a further opportunity to respond, and the results have now been updated with these responses.
The question was worded to be a yes / no answer and the email stated that this was the format in which candidates were required to answer. For those candidates that did not answer yes / no, they were offered another opportunity to do so. For those candidates that did not feel they could answer the question in this way (after having been given another opportunity to do so), they were advised that they would be noted as having not answered the question.
Here are the results, broken down by ward / board / council.
Wellington Mayoral Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Celia Wade-Brown, Jack Yan.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rob Goulden (note that although Mr Goulden responded “No” to our survey, he has since changed his mind to ‘Yes’ he does support the flyover as published in the Dominion Post on 2/10/13) John Morrison, Nicola Young.
Did not answer the question: Karunanidhi Muthu.
Lambton Ward Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Milton Hollard, Iona Pannett, Mark Peck, Steve Preston, Mark Wilson, John Woolf.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rex Nicholls, Nicola Young.
Did not answer the question: Michael Appleby, John Dow, Jennifer Steven.
Eastern Ward Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Rob Goulden, Va’ai Va’a Potoi.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: John Coleman, Peter Kennedy.
Did not answer the question: Ray Ahipene-Mercer, Sarah Free, Leonie Gill, Graham McCready, Simon Marsh, Karunanidhi Muthu.
Southern Ward Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Paul Eagle, David Lee, Will Moore, Bryan Pepperell, Brent Pierson.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.
Did not answer the question: Don McDonald, Ginette McDonald.
Onslow-Western Ward Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Malcolm Aitken, Sridhar Ekambaram, Hayley Robinson, Martin Wilson.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Jo Coughlan.
Did not answer the question: Dan Coffey, Andy Foster, Gill Holmes, Phil Howison, Arie Ketel, Emma MacRae, Simon Woolf.
Northern Ward Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Peter Gilberd, Justin Lester, Helene Ritchie.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.
Did not answer the question: Reagan Cutting, Malcolm Sparrow, Jacob Toner.
Makara-Ohariu Community Board Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.
Did not answer the question: Murray Burden, Christine Grace, Judy Liddell, Wayne Rudd, Margie Scotts, Hamish Todd.
Tawa Community Board Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: No candidates.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Richard Herbert.
Did not answer the question: Sally Dunbar, Graeme Hansen, Margaret Lucas, Jack Marshall, Alistair Sutton, Robert Tredger.
Greater Wellington Regional Council Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Paul Bruce, David Ogden, Sue Kedgley, Ariana Paretutanganui-Tamati, Daran Ponter.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Barbara Donaldson, Ken Laban, Chris Turver, Fran Wilde.
Did not answer the question: Jenny Brash, Nigel Wilson, Mike Fleming, Chris Laidlaw, Judith Aitken, Sandra Greig, John Terris, Prue Lamason, Paul Swain, Gary McPhee, Andrew Stewart, John Dalziell.
Capital and Coast District Health Board Candidates
NO I do not support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Camilia Chin, Sue Kedgley, Helene Ritchie, Tony Simpson.
YES I do support the construction of a flyover at the Basin Reserve: Nick Leggett.
Did not answer the question: Judith Aitken, Grant Brookes, Marianne Bishop, David Carter, David Choat, Allie Crombie, Sally Dunbar, Russell Franklin, John Hayes, Virginia Hope, Keith Johnson, Chris Laidlaw, Chris Lipscombe, Ian Murphy, Kiri Rikihana, David Talbot, Megan Williams, Nigel Wilson.
