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“Rest in peace after a life of service, after a life of love,” she said.
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Dunedin mayor Dave Cull at his last press conference as a mayor. Ōtākou kaumātua Edward Ellison opened the service with a mihi for Cull, a friend, who he noted was a “builder of partnerships”. He praised his learning of te reo, mentoring of future leaders, and for working closely with mana whenua – a relationship that “flourished”. Current Dunedin mayor Aaron Hawkins praised Cull’s work in making Dunedin a resettlement centre for refugees and a UNESCO City of Literature, among many other things.
Two years previously he was one of four councillors who voted against Dunedin’s proposed new stadium, now known as Forsyth Barr Stadium. ‘’It is a wonderful asset to the city, it is providing enormous benefits,” a visibly upbeat Cull told media of the stadium, which opened in 2011.
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Outgoing Dunedin mayor Dave Cull, at a press conference to talk about his time in office. That statement was made with the benefit of hindsight, and driven by Cull’s renowned pragmatism: it was built, so let’s make it work. But it wasn’t easy. Financially the city was driven into austerity during his first term, and it wasn’t until later that Dunedin started experiencing something slightly unusual: growth in levels not seen since the gold rush of the 1860s.
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