1. Dave Cull became the 57th Mayor of Dunedin in October 2010 and was re-elected in both the 2013 mayoralty race and 2016 mayoral election.
16 Facts About Dave Cull
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Dave Cull was born and grew up in Invercargill, where he attended Southland Boys' High School.
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Dave Cull obtained a BA and PG Dip in political science at the University of Otago.
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Dave Cull had worked as a television presenter for Television New Zealand, hosting lifestyle and home improvement shows including Home Front, and was a writer who had published several books.
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Dave Cull was married to Joan Wilson, with whom he had two daughters.
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David Dave Cull was elected to the Dunedin City Council in 2007.
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Dave Cull stood as part of the Greater Dunedin group and was successful.
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Dave Cull expressed support for a controversial planned waterfront hotel that at 28 storeys, would tower over much of the city.
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In March 2014, Dave Cull entered a memorandum of understanding with the developer on behalf of Dunedin City Council, but the agreement fell over and was terminated a month later, which meant the end of the project.
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In January 2013, Dave Cull announced that he would seek re-election in that year's mayoral election.
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In December 2015, Dave Cull was involved in a heated exchange with Councillor Vandervis, who alleged that Dave Cull had paid a bribe to secure a Council contract in the 1980s.
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Vandevis subsequently filed a defamation suit seeking NZ$250,000 in general damages and NZ$250,000 in exemplary damages plus legal costs, alleging that Dave Cull had defamed him when responding to that claim.
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In July 2017, Dave Cull was elected as the president of Local Government New Zealand.
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Dave Cull had previously served as the organisation's vice-president and chair of its metro committee.
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In late May 2019, Dave Cull announced he would not seek re-election at that year's mayoral election.
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In mid August 2019, Dave Cull announced that he would be contesting local body elections for the Southern District Health Board; he was elected, and then appointed the Board's Chair in December 2019.