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Timothy John Hubbard was a Waiheke identity, politician and businessman, who moved to Waiheke in 1985. With his wife [[Sylvia Hubbard]], he developed a solid waste disposal site at [[Fisher Road]], [[Onetangi]]. A geologist by training, Tim was elected to the Waiheke Community Board in 1995, and was a widely popular politician who specialised in lateral solutions.

He was also deeply involved in the [[Waiheke Volunteer Fire Brigade]] and [[Waiheke Sea Scouts]].

Tim was also known on Waiheke for his deep connection to Japan. In 1995 he organised a relief programme to bring 100 children made homeless by the Kobe earthquake to Waiheke.

He [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=153774died tragically] on October 1, 2000, when out fishing with a close friend from Australia, Mark Butler, in a five-metre borrowed dinghy. Both their bodies were found near the boat on the far side of the Tamaki Strait the next morning. A community in shock grieved in numbers at [[St Peter's Church]]. Tim was survived by four children.

[[Sylvia Hubbard]] was later elected to the [[Waiheke Community Board]].

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 Tim was also known on Waiheke for his deep connection to Japan. In 1995 he organised a relief programme to bring 100 children made homeless by the Kobe earthquake to Waiheke.
-He [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=153774 died tragically] on October 1, 2000, when out fishing with a close friend from Australia, Mark Butler, in a five-metre borrowed dinghy. Both their bodies were found near the boat on the far side of the Tamaki Strait the next morning. A community in shock grieved in numbers at [[St Peter's Church]]. Tim was survived by four children.
+He [http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=153774 died tragically] on October 1, 2000, when out fishing with a close friend from Australia, Mark Butler, in a five-metre borrowed dinghy. Both their bodies were found near the boat on the far side of the Tamaki Strait the next morning. A community in shock grieved in numbers at [[St Peter's Church]]. Tim, who died aged 47, was survived by four children.
 [[Sylvia Hubbard]] was later elected to the [[Waiheke Community Board]].
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