Story: Southland places

Tim Shadbolt

The idiosyncratic Tim Shadbolt has been mayor of Invercargill, apart from one three-year term, since 1992. His larger-than-life personality has done much to keep the city on the national radar.

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David Grant, Southland places – Invercargill, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/20157/tim-shadbolt (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by David Grant, published 2 March 2009, updated 25 May 2015.

Comments

laim wake
04 July 2011

haha nice, best guy ever.