Seven Sharp - Ginette McDonald

I was advised by a very senior politician to use as a slogan 'I know my neighbourhood.

– Aspiring Wellington City Councillor Ginette McDonald

Vote for me if you want to see some action...of the right sort.

– Ginette McDonald lures voters at the Newtown market

My big, round half-Irish head.

– Ginette McDonald describes her campaign billboard

When he [Donald Trump] was running for president, I did all I could in my small semi-retired way to alert people to the danger he presented, and even now people think I'm over-obsessed and scream at me that I'm an old leftie. But there's this pernicious, cheap plasticky kind of fascism leaking through the world now at a great rate — certainly infecting New Zealand — and it all leads straight back to Moscow. So when people ask what do I do in my spare time, I say I'm an online activist.

– Excerpt from an interview with Ginette McDonald, Stuff, 31 August 2019

What do you mean 'how do I feel about politics?' What sort of question's that?

– Ginette McDonald suffers no fools on the campaign trail

Because you're young. You're virtually a child, and children are the future.

– Ginette McDonald tells Seven Sharp reporter Jehan Casinader why she wants him to join her on the campaign trail

I will always act in the best interests of the widest number of people.

– Ginette McDonald's election promise

I know the shopkeepers, business owners, community leaders - I'm a part of this city. My father delivered a lot of the children in the ward. Having been a television producer, I'm used to making decisions, and getting the blame for others' mistakes. I'm no stranger to that sort of responsibility.

– Ginette McDonald on why she ran for council, The Wellingtonian, February 2014

Change is not necessarily good, but people who are far wiser than I am have suggested it is time to perhaps infuse it with some fresh energy.

– Ginette McDonald on hoping to bring some fresh energy to the council, The Dominion Post, August 2013