Dwyer, Jeremy Paul Biography 1991

DWYER, Jeremy Paul
NZ 1990 Medal, Justice of the Peace 1986; Educationalist; Mayor, Hastings District Council
Born Waipawa, 3 December 1947, son of Ernest (Sam) Dwyer and Lillian Kathleen (née Loten); married (1) (diss); (2) Marilyn Eva McKay, daughter of Mr and Mrs R McKay, 1983; one son.
Education: Pukehou, Waipawa Primary Schools; Central HB College; Correspondence School; Ardmore Teachers Training College, Dip 1969, TTC 1971.
Primary School Teacher: Otane, Hillcrest (Dannevirke), Takapau, Mangaorapa (Principal 1983-1986), Anderson Park (Havelock North, Deputy Principal); Teacher, Te Aute College (Head, History, Social Studies), 1972-1976; Social Credit parliamentary candidate 1972, 1975, 1978 (took party’s vote in Hastings election from 600 to 5400 in two elections); Social Credit spokesman, Youth, Culture and Arts, Defence, Local Government various times; Social Credit Deputy Leader 1977-1981; Hastings City Councillor 1977-1981 (top-polling candidate 1980); Chairman, Parks, Recreation Committee, 1980; Mayor of Hastings 1986-1989, Mayor, Hastings District 1989-(90% of vote); Member, Hawke’s Bay United Club 1986-1989, Hawke’s Bay Regional Council 1989 -; Chairman, Transitional Committee overseeing amalgamation Hastings City, Hawke’s Bay County, Havelock North Borough under local government reforms.  Member, Te Aute College Board of Governors 1976-1989, Chairman 1979-1981; spearheaded establishment 1st Hastings Festival 1989, now HB Springtime Festival; leading advocate, development of Hawke’s Bay Cultural Trust and single administrator for Hawke’s Bay Museum and Art Gallery, Napier, and Cultural Centre, Hastings; Chairman, Hastings 1990 Committee, Project Leader, ‘The Coming Together’, 1989-1990; active in many community organisations including environment, education, elderly, cultural, sporting.
Recreations: writing (journals, diaries, poetry, creative history, fiction, current affairs, politics), music, reading, history.
Address: 305 Townshend Street, Hastings.