Wellington City Council

Listen to local Resident Associations for serious consultation! Too often, the consultation is farcical where decisions have been made.

Establish assistance and liaison for all ethnicities treating everyone equally and not just focusing on Māoris.

Reform the council to understand why staff levels and cost are increasing but outcomes aren't improving. Do we have the right people there?

Support informed and joint decision-making. I will work collaboratively to make sensible and informed decisions for the city.

Promise to bring a strong community perspective to the council and to be an informed, positive voice.

Oppose making specific promises without having good advice, all the information, and recognising council decisions need to be made jointly.

Embed accessibility into the council's planning mindset.

Trial participatory budgeting to give residents a direct vote over spending on local projects and improvements in their community.

Hold Citizens' Assemblies to find consensus on contentious community issues.

Ensure council voting records are publicly published online, and oppose closed council meetings where possible.

Publish an online, publicly-accessible record of both council's decisions and voting records.

Reduce the number of closed council and committee meetings to only those that are strictly necessary.

Engage with mana whenua as set out in Tākai Here (the relationship agreement between Wellington City Council and mana whenua)

Promote public engagement. Major bills or expenditure should be approved by public acceptance.

Make councillors and staff more responsible and liable. Council staff work and efficiency is monitored for international standards.

Introduce a digital voting system which is confidential and allows the voters to vote for major decisions. Involve Māori and ethnic community.

Ensure that all council business is reported transparently with easy online access to councillor voting records

Conduct local elections through Elections NZ rather than private firms, to increase voter turnout and make the whole process more effective.

Establish community forums for each ward to find consensus between disparate voices on key local issues.

Engage, engage, engage with communities of place and interest.

Establish a council ethnic advisory team to provide coordinated and improved delivery of council services to ethnic communities.

Participate in local government reforms including broader regionalisation of representation and services.

Commit to improving public consultation, providing reports with real information.

Ensure that all questions of franchise are decided by referendum.

Scrutinise and reevaluate council staffing priorities.

Keep our decisions local – involve our communities in decisions that affect them in their place.

Champion a Wellington-first pledge, which will require councillors putting the interests of our citizenry ahead of petty party politics.

Continue as an accredited member of the living wage movement, paying council workers and contractors in Wellington a living wage.