Sent to all HDC candidates For reply by 22 August.
- HDC has struggled over allocating land to housing/industrial development versus protecting productive soils in the district. Do you believe the right decisions are being made?
- HDC plans to spend $80 million over the next three years to improve water infrastructure? Is this appropriate and who should pay?
- Name 2-3 specific HDC projects, policies or spends over the past three years with which you personally disagree.
- Should residential water metering be introduced in the Hastings District?
- Do you believe councils’ rates should be ‘capped’ by legislation?
- Do you personally support retaining Māori seats at your council table?
- Does Hawke’s Bay need five councils, or do you support amalgamation, in any form?
- Would you support Councils appointing an independent “Hawke’s Bay Auditor General” to monitor councils’ spending and programme performance?
