Penny Simmonds: MP pays tribute to the late Sir Tim Shadbolt

Penny Simmonds: MP pays tribute to the late Sir Tim Shadbolt

Author: Newstalk ZB January 8, 2026 Duration: 6:15

Sir Tim Shadbolt went to great lengths to help others. 

He was a great New Zealand character and one of our longest-serving mayors, with terms in Waitakere and Invercargill. 

He died yesterday, aged 78.  

He's being remembered as making people proud to be from Invercargill. 

MP Penny Simmonds told Andrew Dickens he was a compassionate man, and recalls when a Chinese student died in a car accident. 

She says he jumped straight on a plane to Dunedin to meet her to support the overseas family and was always there for others. 

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