Results updated: Local body election candidates state their positions on the proposed flyover

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.

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0 thoughts on “Results updated: Local body election candidates state their positions on the proposed flyover

  1. That makes voting easier. I find it a bit sad that seven of the Eastern Ward candidates, including the Green, refused to answer the question.

    1. Thanks for linking through to this WCC Watch – we are updating the results as more candidates send through their answers (after the due date).

    1. Kia ora Hayley,
      Apologies if you never received the question – it was sent to the email address that you have listed on the pdf of all candidates that can be downloaded from WCC’s website. Perhaps it went to your spam? However, we have updated the website accordingly.
      Kind regards,
      StB

  2. I did answered but my answer was refused because it was nether yes nor no. This is too complex an issue for a simple yes or no. I have not been a party to any of the documents involved and it would be inappropriate to answer without these.

    1. Kia ora,
      Given that there are over 100 candidates for GWRC, WCC, CCDHB and the local community boards we decided to keep the question as a simple yes / no. We understand that this may not suit all candidates but have made this clear in the introduction to the results. There have been three candidates that did not feel comfortable answering a definitive yes / no and have therefore been included in the ‘did not answer the question’ results.
      Kind regards,
      StB.

  3. I was never sent this question, either, nor did I receive a reminder. Where did you send it to? I’ve had the same email address since 1995.

    1. Kia ora Jack,
      We sent this question to the email address supplied on WCC’s pdf of candidates: jack.yan@jyanet.com
      Apologies if for some reason this has not got through to you.
      Would you like to let us know your position now and we can update the website?

      Kind regards,
      StB

  4. My apologies for not responding to the email.
    I did not realise that you were surveying DHB candidates (although it makes good sense, given the health impacts of fossil-fuelled, sedentary lifestyles). Assuming therefore that it contained info on council candidates, I set the email aside for later, to help me decide who to vote for.
    For the record, however, I was protesting and campaigning against the Basin Reserve flyover as far back as 2008 (see: http://archive.indymedia.org.nz/article/76165/basin-reserve-flyover-%E2%80%98-21st-century-eas).
    If it was still possible to add my name, I would very much like to register my ongoing opposition to the proposed flyover.

    Kind regards,
    Grant Brookes, Health First candidate for Capital & Coast DHB.

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