Mayor of Timaru: key obituary facts
Is Mayor of Timaru dead? Yes. Mayor of Timaru died on February 15, 2026, at age 93.
Cause of death: Mayor of Timaru's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Mayor of Timaru known for?
Mayor of Timaru was a New Zealand politician.
Mayor of Timaru, the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council in New Zealand, died on February 15, 2026.
The office is the local government authority for the Timaru District and controls it as a territorial authority. There have been 40 mayors since the formation of the Timaru Borough Council in 1868.
The current mayor is Nigel Bowen, who was first elected in the 2019 local elections.
The mayor of Timaru is the directly elected head of the Timaru District Council, the local government authority for the Timaru District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority.