About Tim Shadbolt
Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt was a New Zealand politician. Having been an activist in his youth, he went on to serve as mayor of Waitemata City from 1983 to 1989 and then to serve as mayor of Invercargill from 1993 to 1995 and 1998 to 2022; during his term as the latter he became a national icon and a major figure of the city. His term as mayor of both cities extending over 32 years made him one of the longest-serving mayors in New Zealand history. Shadbolt's election represented the deep cynicism that many voters had felt about the Waitemata City Council, which was known for in-fighting. In the mid-1970s, he founded a commune and concrete cooperative at Huia, later moving to Glen Eden with his family. He won the election, receiving 1,200 more votes than Covic. Shadbolt became a founding student of Rutherford College, Auckland, and attended the University of Auckland from 1966 to 1970, taking a year off in 1967 to work on the Manapouri Power Project in Southland.
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