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Speaker 1: This morning, we are joined by Alan Dennis, former and the Cargo Licensing Trust President, ex city councilor and longtime community advocate. He's helping us to reflect on the legacy of Sir Tim's share Bolt, who passed away earlier this month. Alan worked with Tim closely over the years, so I think we're all keen to hear personal insights, local reflections, and how Certain's spirit will continue to shape our city.
00:00:24
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, how are you good?
00:00:27
Speaker 1: Thank you? I've got you off the top of a letter to help us reflect. You worked alongside Sir Tim on many local projects. Are there any memories that stand out when you think of those times?
00:00:42
Speaker 2: Well? There is actually spent twelve years with him, and he's a very difficult men to say that you really get to know him because he's quite in the enigma, but very positive. And I think that I was really fortunate to serve on the council what I'd call the golden time is because it was full flight and really performing well and we had an excellent counsel.
00:01:02
Speaker 1: What did you think of his approach to leadership and championing things like the zero fees at SIT.
00:01:11
Speaker 2: I think that he did it very well because he's larger than life character and as everybody would know that it's been close to Tim. There were still two sides to Tim. There's the one like the said that the painting does really like not too face. But you could be talking to Tim and if it's a camera or a news person around, click off and away he goes. And the other pie is the teeth how you're going? And he just had that way of turning on and promoting himself and whatever he was advocating for publicly he had a school, Yeah.
00:01:42
Speaker 1: He did, and that certainly benefited our community. Were there sometimes where you really thought in those council tensions that it might have been a little bit complex.
00:01:55
Speaker 2: Well it was really, But as I said in the good times, Tim was a great promote and he was very fortunate to have a CEO like Richard King, and I think what I would call a pretty steady group of business people and financial people on the council. So Tim was not the facade, but he was the person that people all knew that was in the cargo. But the work was being done. And Tim didn't profess to be an expert on mathematics or buildings or any of those sorts of things, but he didn't really need to because his personality carried him through things very self effacing. So he had this uncanny school when he put his foot in it, and he does it many times, both feet. Actually he owned up and made a joke of it and people forgive him, you know, So it was great he was so I think at the time with a certain group, like an age group, possibly better known than Redmond, Hillary, I would.
00:02:51
Speaker 1: Agree certainly has left a legacy and put a maccargo and south On on a mat Alan. If you could hope some of the new counselors coming through would take some lessons of a certain's career. What would you like them to be?
00:03:08
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, well, first, non political. I think that as I said, we were fortunate that debates could be heard over issues and the times there were small cliques that were formed, but people understood and accept the debates, and when they lost them, they got on and being counselors. And I have a feeling that that's sort of an atmosphere has lost to a degree because I hate to think of the idea that when politics comes in in groups get together and get things through that aren't necessarily for the base of the community. So it's a way, but I think you was possibly the biggest thing, and it was performing well. It's pretty hard to be angry and uptight about a whole lot of things because he would come into a room and it just the atmosphere changed, if you know what I'm saying.
00:03:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, magnetic. If he could summ up Curt Term's life and impack on Southland and a couple of words, what would it be?
00:04:06
Speaker 2: That's simple word. It would be publicity. But it's more than that because when you have an iconic person coming down here after some of the things that have been said about in the South, Tim just turned that around. And one of the examples that come to mind when I was thinking about this was he was hosting or we were hosting a big conference and in the cargo at one time, and as you know, Tim was he had some people that had different views about it up in Auckland, but there are a large number of professional colleagues come down and they were going, oh, who's all shed bolt? You can have shed bolt? You know the word amount of blah blah blah. Well, he would get up and he would be opening the conference on behalf of the city and at first all he say, oh you bloody Jeffers, what are you doing down here? Did you get lost? And the way he would go, and then that's about ten minutes he'd hit the meeting out of his hand. And when he finished, I see these same people clamoring forward to getting's autographic and shake his hand.
00:04:59
Speaker 1: He certainly knew how to read and work a room.
00:05:03
Speaker 2: Ever, that was a skill that is pretty unique. Actually, wish I had me too.
00:05:07
Speaker 1: Sometimes, Ellen Arno, thank you so much for you know, reflecting with us and sharing your personal and professional insights of an absolute legend, Sir Tom Sherebolt, who leaves behind a legacy of bold leadership, innovation and true Southern spirit.
00:05:24
Speaker 2: He does an example of what we were lucky to do. We used to go once a year up to Mark Lake and there would be about six of eight of us camping under the canvas, sitting up in the in the in the stales at night, fishing heaven the odd heaven and telling a few stories. But that's what Tim really enjoyed. He gets put his feet up, and you really knew the Tim shed Bolt then, so he was better when you got to know, I'm kloser
Speaker 1: This morning, we are joined by Alan Dennis, former and the Cargo Licensing Trust President, ex city councilor and longtime community advocate. He's helping us to reflect on the legacy of Sir Tim's share Bolt, who passed away earlier this month. Alan worked with Tim closely over the years, so I think we're all keen to hear personal insights, local reflections, and how Certain's spirit will continue to shape our city.
00:00:24
Speaker 2: Good morning, good morning, how are you good?
00:00:27
Speaker 1: Thank you? I've got you off the top of a letter to help us reflect. You worked alongside Sir Tim on many local projects. Are there any memories that stand out when you think of those times?
00:00:42
Speaker 2: Well? There is actually spent twelve years with him, and he's a very difficult men to say that you really get to know him because he's quite in the enigma, but very positive. And I think that I was really fortunate to serve on the council what I'd call the golden time is because it was full flight and really performing well and we had an excellent counsel.
00:01:02
Speaker 1: What did you think of his approach to leadership and championing things like the zero fees at SIT.
00:01:11
Speaker 2: I think that he did it very well because he's larger than life character and as everybody would know that it's been close to Tim. There were still two sides to Tim. There's the one like the said that the painting does really like not too face. But you could be talking to Tim and if it's a camera or a news person around, click off and away he goes. And the other pie is the teeth how you're going? And he just had that way of turning on and promoting himself and whatever he was advocating for publicly he had a school, Yeah.
00:01:42
Speaker 1: He did, and that certainly benefited our community. Were there sometimes where you really thought in those council tensions that it might have been a little bit complex.
00:01:55
Speaker 2: Well it was really, But as I said in the good times, Tim was a great promote and he was very fortunate to have a CEO like Richard King, and I think what I would call a pretty steady group of business people and financial people on the council. So Tim was not the facade, but he was the person that people all knew that was in the cargo. But the work was being done. And Tim didn't profess to be an expert on mathematics or buildings or any of those sorts of things, but he didn't really need to because his personality carried him through things very self effacing. So he had this uncanny school when he put his foot in it, and he does it many times, both feet. Actually he owned up and made a joke of it and people forgive him, you know, So it was great he was so I think at the time with a certain group, like an age group, possibly better known than Redmond, Hillary, I would.
00:02:51
Speaker 1: Agree certainly has left a legacy and put a maccargo and south On on a mat Alan. If you could hope some of the new counselors coming through would take some lessons of a certain's career. What would you like them to be?
00:03:08
Speaker 2: Oh? Yeah, well, first, non political. I think that as I said, we were fortunate that debates could be heard over issues and the times there were small cliques that were formed, but people understood and accept the debates, and when they lost them, they got on and being counselors. And I have a feeling that that's sort of an atmosphere has lost to a degree because I hate to think of the idea that when politics comes in in groups get together and get things through that aren't necessarily for the base of the community. So it's a way, but I think you was possibly the biggest thing, and it was performing well. It's pretty hard to be angry and uptight about a whole lot of things because he would come into a room and it just the atmosphere changed, if you know what I'm saying.
00:03:55
Speaker 1: Yeah, magnetic. If he could summ up Curt Term's life and impack on Southland and a couple of words, what would it be?
00:04:06
Speaker 2: That's simple word. It would be publicity. But it's more than that because when you have an iconic person coming down here after some of the things that have been said about in the South, Tim just turned that around. And one of the examples that come to mind when I was thinking about this was he was hosting or we were hosting a big conference and in the cargo at one time, and as you know, Tim was he had some people that had different views about it up in Auckland, but there are a large number of professional colleagues come down and they were going, oh, who's all shed bolt? You can have shed bolt? You know the word amount of blah blah blah. Well, he would get up and he would be opening the conference on behalf of the city and at first all he say, oh you bloody Jeffers, what are you doing down here? Did you get lost? And the way he would go, and then that's about ten minutes he'd hit the meeting out of his hand. And when he finished, I see these same people clamoring forward to getting's autographic and shake his hand.
00:04:59
Speaker 1: He certainly knew how to read and work a room.
00:05:03
Speaker 2: Ever, that was a skill that is pretty unique. Actually, wish I had me too.
00:05:07
Speaker 1: Sometimes, Ellen Arno, thank you so much for you know, reflecting with us and sharing your personal and professional insights of an absolute legend, Sir Tom Sherebolt, who leaves behind a legacy of bold leadership, innovation and true Southern spirit.
00:05:24
Speaker 2: He does an example of what we were lucky to do. We used to go once a year up to Mark Lake and there would be about six of eight of us camping under the canvas, sitting up in the in the in the stales at night, fishing heaven the odd heaven and telling a few stories. But that's what Tim really enjoyed. He gets put his feet up, and you really knew the Tim shed Bolt then, so he was better when you got to know, I'm kloser
