Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt's new work phone has been sitting at the council since early last year, unused, despite his claims he is soldiering on with one that is barely functional. Photo: ODT / Luisa GiraoThe phone was delivered to the information services team shortly after. However, the phone remained on the shelf because the council was unsuccessful in obtaining the mayor's existing phone to transfer information over. Later in 2020, the information services team received a request to have the mayor's work email and calendar set up on a new Android phone that he had bought. Dutt said the only Android Shadbolt was using was one they had bought on holiday, which the whole family used.

Source: Otago Daily Times December 22, 2021 05:19 UTC