Sir Timothy Richard Shadbolt KNZM, JP (19 February 1947 – 8 January 2026) was a New Zealand politician. He was the Mayor of Invercargill and previously Mayor of Waitemata City.
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"In Russia - Poets are considered a danger to the political system and are sent into Asylums. What a compliment to the Russian People that poetry could move them so. In NZ Poets are not considered a danger. No one reads poetry Poets aren't sent to Asylums but they are considered mad nonetheless"