Former Mayor of Wellington Ian Lawrence has died at the age of 82.
Lawrence died on Friday in Jerusalem, where he has been living for about five years since being diagnosed with bowel cancer.
Lawrence won the Wellington mayoralty in 1983 and served a single term before losing on the back of Sir James Belich’s campaign to end the practice of discharging raw sewage into the sea along the south coast.
Prior to becoming mayor, he served as a Wellington City Councillor for 12 years, working as Michael Fowler’s deputy from 1974 to 1983. He worked closely with mayor Sir Michael Fowler, and was considered by many as a ‘driving force’ behind building what would become the Michael Fowler Centre.
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