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Our Questions to Candidates

Questions to candidates standing for Dunedin City Council and Mayor

  1. Which communities will you speak for and about at the council table?

  2. What is the number one social and economic issue for the community and for the city?

  3. How will you elevate community aspirations? How will you know what they are?

  4. Under the Local Government Act 2002, councils are required to maintain and improve opportunities for Māori to contribute to local government decision-making processes. How will you honour this obligation in your role with the Dunedin City Council?

  5. What is your usual approach to achieving collegial and constructive relationships with the people you work with? What is the most important element of a constructive working relationship?

  6. The DCC's place-based community fund has been a game changer for community-led development and growing connected and resilient communities in Ōtepoti. What more will you do as a councillor to support community development in the city?

Questions to candidates standing for Otago Regional Council

  1. Which communities will you speak for and about at the council table?

  2. What is the key issue for the region at this time and for the next 10 years?

  3. Under the Local Government Act 2002, councils are required to maintain and improve opportunities for Māori to contribute to local government decision-making processes. How will you honour this obligation in your role with the Otago Regional Council?

  4. What is your usual approach to achieving collegial and constructive relationships with the people you work with? What is the most important element of a constructive working relationship?

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