Former Invercargill and Waitematā mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has died at age 78.
Sir Tim, who was awarded the Knight Companion of New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2019 New Year's Honours List, served eight terms as Invercargill Mayor between 1993 and 1995, and again between 1998 - 2022, and two terms as Waitematā (Auckland) Mayor, between 1983 and 1989, making him one of the longest-serving mayors in New Zealand.
"Today we lost the cornerstone of our family and the man who has devoted himself to promoting the City of Invercargill for almost 30 years," the mayor's partner of many decades, Asha Dutt, said in a statement on behalf of the family.
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