Bryan Cadogan
Bryan Cadogan | |
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| 3rd Mayor of Clutha | |
| Assumed office 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Juno Hayes |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Bryan Alexander Cadogan 1959 or 1960 (age 64–65) |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Tim Cadogan (brother) |
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Bryan Alexander Cadogan (born 1959 or 1960) is a New Zealand politician who has served as the mayor of Clutha since 2010. A retailer and former sheep shearer, he was first elected as a Clutha District Councillor in 1998. His younger brother, Tim Cadogan, was the mayor of Central Otago between 2016 and 2024.
Early life and family
[edit]Cadogan was born in 1959 or 1960,[1] and grew up in the South Otago town of Balclutha.[2] He has been a retailer, sheep shearer and farm owner. He is married to Ally and the couple have two adult children.[3][4] His younger brother, Tim, served as mayor of Central Otago from 2016 until his resignation in 2024.[5][6]
Political career
[edit]In 1998, Cadogan was elected to the Clutha District Council as a councillor. At the time, he was one of the youngest councillors to be elected to that district council.[3] In 2007, he ran for the Clutha mayoralty, but was defeated by the incumbent Juno Hayes by a margin of 958 votes. In 2010, Cadogan again contested the mayoralty, and unseated Hayes by a margin of 354 votes.[7] Cadogan has remained mayor of Clutha for five terms, most recently being re-elected in 2022.[8] As the mayor of Clutha, Cadogan has taken an interest in combatting youth unemployment in the Clutha District by launching the local programme Ready Steady Work.[3][4]
In September 2016, Cadogan voiced opposition to ANZ Bank's proposal to close its branch in Milton, describing it as a "battle between a small community and a huge corporation".[9] In October 2016, Cadogan contested the Mayoralty of Clutha unopposed and was re-elected for a third term.[5]
In early 2018, Cadogan joined forces with several Otago mayors, including the mayor of Dunedin Dave Cull, Central Otago mayor Tim Cadogan, and mayor of Queenstown-Lakes Jim Boult, to promote Chinese tourism and flights to the Otago region by highlighting Chinese graves and settlements.[10] In May 2019, Cadogan blamed several released North Island prisoners, who had served time at the Otago Corrections Facility in Milton, for a surge in local crime in the Clutha District.[11]
In 2022, Cadogan served as chair of the lower South Island councils that lobbied against the Sixth Labour Government's proposed $100 million worth of cuts to the original design of the Dunedin Hospital redevelopment. Cadogan organised a gathering of politicians, clinicians and professionals involved in the hospital rebuild to initiate discussions on a campaign over the proposed cuts.[12]
At the 2022 loca-body elections, Cadogan was elected for a fifth term as mayor of Clutha.[8] In mid-May 2023, he voiced concern about the disparity in levies that residents of Waipori Falls Village were paying.[13]
In July 2024, Cadogan told the Otago Daily Times newspaper that he had experienced four cardiac events in the eight-month period between October 2023 and April 2024, related to his diabetes. He said that he was open to resigning if his health deteriorated.[14] In mid-October 2024, it was reported that Cadogan would not contest re-election as mayor at the 2025 local elections.[15]
In September 2024, Cadogan voiced opposition to Te Whatu Ora's (Health New Zealand) proposed cuts to the Dunedin Hospital rebuild. Cadogan cited his personal history of experiencing at least four cardiac events and said that the hospital not only served Dunedin but also the lower South Island.[12] In early October 2024, Cadogan told Radio New Zealand that the Sixth National Government had told the Otago Mayoral Forum a month earlier that they would keep their election promise to build the hospital without cuts.[16]
Views and positions
[edit]Boot camps
[edit]In August 2024, Cadogan opposed the Sixth National Government's efforts to reintroduce boot camps for youth offenders, citing the failure of borstal programmes during the 1960s and 1970s. Cadogan advocated youth work job schemes like the "Jobbortunities Expo" as an alternative to punitive boot camps.[2]
Co-governance
[edit]In June 2023, Cadogan voiced opposition to anti-co-governance activist Julian Batchelor's Stop Co-Governance Tour, telling Batchelor that he was not welcome in Balclutha. In response, an online petition calling on Cadogan to apologise and accusing him of cancelling free speech was circulated. Cadogan refused to apologise and said that his actions aligned with his values and principles.[17]
Term lengths
[edit]Cadogan has also supported extending term lengths for local government from three to four years, saying that it would allow local councils to do more long-term planning.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ Davison, Richard (21 July 2022). "Cadogan campaigning on track record in job". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ a b Cadogan, Bryan (24 August 2024). "Boot camps a failed philosophy". Southland Times. Stuff. Archived from the original on 10 September 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b c "Meet Bryan". Jobobortunities. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Bookmarks with Clutha District Mayor Bryan Cadogan". Radio New Zealand. 14 January 2022. Archived from the original on 11 February 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b Telfer, Ian (9 October 2024). "No boundary issues for mayoral brothers". RNZ. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Jamieson, Debbie (30 October 2024). "Former cop becomes first female mayor of Central Otago". The Southland Times. The Press. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Bryan Cadogan wins Clutha mayoralty". Otago Daily Times. 29 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 December 2021. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b "Bryan Cadogan re-elected as mayor of Clutha". Otago Daily Times. 8 October 2022. Archived from the original on 19 October 2022. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "ANZ customers air feelings of betrayal". The New Zealand Herald. 21 September 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Tohill, Mary-Jo (4 January 2018). "Mayor returns from China trip with plans to attract Chinese tourists". Southland Times. Stuff. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Clutha mayor Bryan Cadogan blames North Island gang members for unprecedented wave of organised crime". The New Zealand Herald. 29 May 2019. Archived from the original on 2 August 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ a b Littlewood, Matthew (1 October 2024). "Mayor gets to the heart of the matter". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 9 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ "Clutha mayor: There's vast discrepancies that don't reflect what Waipori leaseholders should pay". Newstalk ZB. 23 May 2023. Archived from the original on 24 May 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Davison, Richard (2 July 2024). "'Unacceptable toll': Cardiac issues could force mayor to resign". Otago Daily Times. Archived from the original on 22 July 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ Wilson, Aimee (16 October 2024). "Central Otago Mayor looking forward to city life". The Central App. Retrieved 1 November 2024.
- ^ "Otago mayors told two weeks ago Dunedin Hospital build was still all go - Bryan Cadogan". RNZ. 1 October 2024. Archived from the original on 3 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Kelly, Rachael (23 June 2023). "Clutha mayor Cadogan tells Stop Co Governance Tour leader to 'get out of town'". Southland Times. Stuff. Archived from the original on 2 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
- ^ Cadogan, Bryan (5 August 2023). "Time to extend council term to four years, says Clutha District mayor". Stuff. Archived from the original on 5 August 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2024.