Former Dunedin Mayor Dave Cull has died at 71 after a six-month battle with pancreatic cancer.

Current Mayor Aaron Hawkins says Cull brought a strategic focus to Council.

But he stepped down in 2019 to spend more time with family - which Hawkins says has been cruelly cut far too soon.

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10 Dec: Christchurch City Council has modelled what a Government-imposed rates cap could mean for the city

09 Dec: Christchurch Police say the Eagle helicopter is already proving its worth in the city's crackdown on crime

04 Dec: Christchurch's Mayor wants to accelerate talks on forming a Greater Christchurch super-city

02 Dec: Criticism of Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown - for planning a rates hike, at the same time the Government's put up a plan to force Councils to cap them

01 Dec: The Government says Councils can't keep driving up costs for ratepayers

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