page_title: Kerry Marshall
section_title: Career
hierarchical_section_title: Kerry Marshall / Career
caption_attribution_description: English: Plaque acknowledging the contribution of Kerry Marshall to the New Zealand Conservation Authority. Mounted on a bench on a track above Cable Bay.
context_page_description: Kerry Leigh Francis Marshall MBE was a New Zealand politician who was active in local government in the northern part of New Zealand's South Island. He was mayor of three territorial authorities: Richmond borough, Tasman, and Nelson.
context_section_description: Both Marshall and his wife were teachers by profession. He worked in Canada, Scotland and Banks Peninsula for some time before returning to Nelson in 1980.  He became a Richmond borough councillor in 1982 and was elected mayor of Richmond in 1986. Following the 1989 local government reforms, he became the first mayor of the Tasman District (serving for nine years). He served as president of Local Government New Zealand, and was a local government commissioner from 2001 to 2005. In 2007, Marshall was elected mayor of Nelson, defeating eight other candidates including Gary Watson of Mainland Television.
  Marshall was also the presiding member of the New Zealand Lotteries Commission and chair of the New Zealand Conservation Authority until 2008.
  Marshall served as chair of the New Zealand Visitor Information Network, a member of the New Zealand Geographic Board, chair of the Greyhound As Pets Trust, a trustee of the Cawthron Institute of Science and Technology, chair of the New Zealand World of Wearable Art Development Trust, and chair of the Tasman Environmental Trust.
  Marshall was the owner of the Kerry Marshall Company, undertaking consultancy in leadership, management, facilitation, administration, communication and public relations.
  Marshall died in Nelson on 3 March 2020.
caption: Plaque acknowledging the contribution of Marshall to the New Zealand Conservation Authority
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