Tim Shadbolt

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Tim Shadbolt’s Elections & Candidacies

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Contested 2 races — 0 elected 2 not elected

2022 NZ Local Government • October 8, 2022 Local
  • Council - At Large
    Invercargill City Council
    Final Not elected
  • Mayor
    Invercargill City Council
    Final Not elected
In the News
Laughs and lamentation: Sir Tim’s colourful legacy
The Post — January 18, 2026

OPINION: Cynics pronounced Tim Shadbolt dead decades ago. Thank god they were wrong.

Sir Tim Shadbolt remembered as 'absolutely extraordinary' by family in public service
RNZ — January 16, 2026

Asha Dutt raised the treatment of Sir Tim during his final term in 2019, saying he would be proud.

Sir Tim Shadbolt to be farewelled in Invercargill today
NZ Herald — January 16, 2026

NZ will farewell one of its longest-serving, and most recognisable, public servants.

Letters: Formal dress for Mayor Tim’s farewell? What a load of bull**** and jellybeans
NZ Herald — January 13, 2026

OPINION: Let's honour Tim Shadbolt in the colourful manner in which he lived.

'A life really, really well lived': Sir Bob Harvey remembers lifelong friend Sir Tim Shadbolt
RNZ — January 9, 2026

A former mayor and lifelong friend says the country has lost a superb New Zealander and "a giant of protest".

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