Tim Shadbolt - Mayor of Invercargill

Timothy Richard Shadbolt (born February 19, 1947) is the mayor of the city of Invercargill, New Zealand, and former mayor of Waitemata City. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... [[Media:Italic text]]{| style=float:right; |- | |- | |} is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill. ... Waitemata City was a New Zealand city in the greater Auckland area. ...

Activist: 1960s and 1970s

Tim Shadbolt was 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. He was a member of the Auckland University Students Association executive, and editor of Craccum in 1972. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, he was prominent in the Progressive Youth Movement, a radical organisation, and was arrested 33 times during political protests, most famously for using the word "bullshit", this incident influenced the title of his autobiography (see below). Rutherford College is a co-educational state secondary school on the Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, New Zealand. ... The University of Auckland (Māori: Te Whare Wānanga o Tāmaki Makaurau) is New Zealands largest research-based university. ... Manapouri is a small town in Southland, in the southwest corner of the South Island of New Zealand. ...   Categories: New Zealand-related stubs | Southland, New Zealand | Territorial Authorities of New Zealand ... The following is a list of New Zealand Tertiary (University and Polytechnic) Students Associations: University Student Associations: Auckland University of Technology : AUSM Massey University : MUSA Victoria University of Wellington : VUWSA (Victoria University of Wellington Students Association) Waikato University : WSU (Waikato Students Union) University of Auckland : AUSA (Auckland University Students... Cover of Craccum, issue 19, 2005 Craccum is the weekly magazine produced by the Auckland University Students Association of the University of Auckland, New Zealand. ... Look up bullshit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

After 1970, he founded a commune and concrete cooperative at Huia. He wrote an autobiography, Bullshit and Jellybeans. // Binomial name Heteralocha acutirostris (Gould, 1837) Synonyms Neomorpha acutirostris Neomorpha crassirostris (male) Heteralocha gouldi The Huia (Heteralocha acutirostris) was a bird endemic to New Zealand. ...

Local politician: 1980s-

Tim Shadbolt stood for Mayor of Waitemata City in 1983 because he did not want the incumbent to be re-elected unopposed and surprisingly won the election. He won again in 1986 heading a political ticket called "Tim's Team", but lost the following election in the newly-formed Waitakere city (an enlarged Waitemata city) in 1989. During his reign as Mayor he became infamous by losing the mayoral chains at a party. A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Waitemata can be: Waitemata Harbour, a large bay in New Zealand Waitemata City, a local government body on the shores of Waitemata Harbour, now part of Waitakere. ... Waitakere City is New Zealands fifth largest city, with an annual growth of about 2%. It is part of the Auckland region, and is incorporated in the Auckland metropolitan area. ...

In 1993, he ran successfully for the position of Mayor of Invercargill. He celebrated, much to some people's disgust, by towing his trusty concrete mixer behind the back of the Mayoral car. Cnr of Esk and Dee Streets, looking up Esk st, one of the main shopping streets of Invercargill. ... This portable concrete/mortar mixer has wheels so it can be moved around by hand, and its rotation is powered by mains electricity. ...

In 1994, he contested the Selwyn by-election as a candidate for New Zealand First, but was placed fourth, and remained Mayor of Invercargill. He was defeated in 1995, but remained on the council. As a result of the defeat, the mayoral Holden Calais was taken off his hands and he was given a Lada instead. In the 1996 general election he stood unsuccessfully as a candidate for the Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party. The Selwyn by-election was a by-election in the New Zealand electorate of Selwyn, a predominantly rural district in the middle of New Zealands South Island. ... New Zealand First functions as a political party in New Zealand. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Lada logo Lada is the trademark of AvtoVAZ, a Russian car manufacturer located in the city of Togliatti (Tol`yatti). ... The 1996 New Zealand general election was a nationwide vote to determine the shape of the New Zealand Parliament. ... The Aotearoa Legalise Cannabis Party (sometimes known as the ALCP) is a small political party in New Zealand (Aotearoa). ...

In 1998 he was re-elected to the mayoralty (and given back the mayoral car) and has been the mayor ever since. In 2001 he was re-elected unopposed.

In October 2002 Tim Shadbolt told a conference of New Zealand's Disabled Persons Assembly that Invercargill had "an innovative approach to public transport, currently centred on 'Freebie the Bus' travelling the 'Purple Circle'". He said he hoped that in future all buses in Invercargill would be free and accessible. ^[1] (The Freebie and Purple Circle are zero-fare bus routes in Invercargill.) The term disability, as it is applied to humans, refers to any condition that impedes the completion of daily tasks using traditional methods. ... Bangkok Skytrain. ... Zero-fare public transport services are funded in full by means other than collecting a fare from passengers. ... Accessibility is a general term used to describe how easy it is for people to get to, use, and understand things. ... Public transport in Invercargill, New Zealand is mainly by bus. ...

In 2004 he won his fourth mayoral term by a huge margin.

He has presented several television documentaries, and the series That's Fairly Interesting.

He is famous for the phrase ‘I don't care where, as long as I'm mayor’, which was later part of a cheese advertising campaign that involved people repeating things that they wished they had not said.

In 2005, New Zealand Toastmasters awarded him the Communicator of the Year award. He also played in The World's Fastest Indian portraying a good friend of Burt Munro who organised social events for Invercargill's motorcycling community. Toastmasters International (TI) is a worldwide organization for the purpose of helping its members improve their communication, public speaking and leadership skills. ... This article contains a trivia section. ... The 1920 Indian (with half the exterior removed to show detail) that Burt Munro used to set his record in 1967 Herbert James Munro (25 March 1899 Invercargill, New Zealand – 6 January 1978 in Invercargill) set the under-1000 cc world motorcycle land speed record, which still stands, in 1967...

He also participated in the New Zealand version of Dancing with the Stars where he placed 3rd. Dancing with the Stars is a New Zealand television series based on the British series Strictly Come Dancing. ... Countries with their own version Dancing with the Stars is the name for a number of international television series based on the format of the British series Strictly Come Dancing. ...

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External links

Tim Shadbolt at the Internet Movie Database The Internet Movie Database (IMDb) is an online database of information about movies, actors, television shows, production crew personnel, and video games. ...