“I can honestly say that we never had issues after that because he went and took that initiative to go and speak to those people that were causing trouble. A lot of people would not know about [that].
Yes there were a lot of so called knockers during the tenure of Sir Tim but I can assure readers Sir Tim was an asset to the city, worked tirelessly on it's behalf, and changed the general view of all in NZ as it was asked "how's Tim" rather than a comment about the cold weather and penguins in the streets! How do I know? Well I served the city for a while as a Councillor before business demands restricted that time, and I travelled quite extensively throughout NZ!
I understand the free fees concept was first raised at a meeting on Stewart Island with a few of those people who had a vision of what it could bring to the south.
It is great that we now have something that acknowledges Tims time as mayor of Invercargill. The other person who did a lot for the city and should have something to recognise that is Louis Crimp. He made some pretty large donations to various things including the stadium and while a bit of a divisive character you still can't take away that. All from his own pocket.
Richard King is almost correct on the timeline of regional TV. When Shadbolt was first Mayor in 1998, the station was ‘Mercury Television’. The show ‘City Talkback’ was eventually launched (from memory not until 2001) which was a live call-in show where people could speak to a panel of representatives from ICC. The show continued as the channel rebranded as ‘Southland TV’ in 2003 and finally ‘CUE’.
Yes there were a lot of so called knockers during the tenure of Sir Tim but I can assure readers Sir Tim was an asset to the city, worked tirelessly on it's behalf, and changed the general view of all in NZ as it was asked "how's Tim" rather than a comment about the cold weather and penguins in the streets! How do I know? Well I served the city for a while as a Councillor before business demands restricted that time, and I travelled quite extensively throughout NZ!
I understand the free fees concept was first raised at a meeting on Stewart Island with a few of those people who had a vision of what it could bring to the south.
It is great that we now have something that acknowledges Tims time as mayor of Invercargill. The other person who did a lot for the city and should have something to recognise that is Louis Crimp. He made some pretty large donations to various things including the stadium and while a bit of a divisive character you still can't take away that. All from his own pocket.
Ahh back when we had a proud leader of the city.
Maybe the next one will be okay
Richard King is almost correct on the timeline of regional TV. When Shadbolt was first Mayor in 1998, the station was ‘Mercury Television’. The show ‘City Talkback’ was eventually launched (from memory not until 2001) which was a live call-in show where people could speak to a panel of representatives from ICC. The show continued as the channel rebranded as ‘Southland TV’ in 2003 and finally ‘CUE’.