\u201cHe was never willing to be rushed and valued thorough analysis and quality decision-making above all else. He applied his analytical skills to public transport in particular and was always willing to engage with the public on detailed and principles grounds.\u201d<\/p>\n
During the current council term, he was deputy chair of the CCO review and appointments subcommittee and Te Takere regulatory processes committee.<\/p>\n
Randle, who lived in Johnsonville, was a public transport advocate, and served on the Wellington regional transport committee.<\/p>\n
Hutt South MP and senior Government minister Chris Bishop paid tribute to Randle as a \u201clovely man, passionate about Wellington\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had many great conversations over the years,\u201d Bishop said in a post on social media.<\/p>\n
Fellow Northern Ward councillor and Deputy Mayor Ben McNulty said he had \u201cnever had a friend in life like Tony before\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe disagreed on so much but the fact we could head to the pub for a beer afterwards and put it all to the side says it all.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cTony\u2019s love for his children and late wife was always there for all to see,\u201d McNulty said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven on the shittiest council day, pivoting the conversation to our kids would lighten to the mood, he was never afraid to share a parenting tip, story, anecdote and a piece of wisdom \u2013 usually all in one go.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just devastated, I\u2019m really going to miss you, mate,\u201d the Deputy Mayor said on social media.<\/p>\n
An independent councillor, Randle was not tied to any political party.<\/p>\n
However political commentator and pollster David Farrar said Randle was involved in the Otago University Young Nationals, where the pair met 40 years ago.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven back then Tony was a super brain \u2013 he wrote detailed 12 page policy papers of the merits of privatisation, when most people were doing one sentence remits,\u201d Farrar said in a tribute on his blog, Kiwiblog.<\/p>\n
He described Randle as a \u201cvery principled councillor\u201d, \u201clovely guy\u201d, and \u201cgreat local representative for the Northern suburbs\u201d.<\/p>\n
Council chief executive Matt Prosser said Randle was widely recognised for the care and attention to detail he brought to his work.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was also a strong and passionate advocate for his local community, engaging thoughtfully with residents and participating in public discussions on issues that mattered to Wellington,\u201d Prosser said.<\/p>\n
\u201cTony was deeply committed to better outcomes for the Wellington region and was widely recognised for both the care and attention to detail he brought to his work. These qualities helped define both his contribution as a councillor and his approach to public service.<\/p>\n
\u201cHis love of a spreadsheet and its detailed analysis will be missed around the council and council table.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cHe was never willing to be rushed and valued thorough analysis and quality decision-making above all else. He…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":563578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[52249,1975,2199,38290,6179,7126,111,43,139,69,202541,11554,52],"class_list":["post-563577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-52249","tag-at","tag-city","tag-councillor","tag-died","tag-dies","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-randle","tag-tony","tag-wellington"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=563577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/563577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/563578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=563577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=563577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=563577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}