Tim Shadbolt, mayor of the southern town of Invercargill, talked for 26 hours and four seconds. Shadbolt and interviewer Tom Conroy were given a certificate by a representative from the Guinness World Records for the &lsquo;interviewathon&rsquo;. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2012/may/invercargill.jpg" style="width: 400px; height: 363px; " /> 26 hours:u00a0The duration of the interview that Tim Shadbolt gave The interview was designed to raise funds for first aid group St John ambulance. The previous record, set in Spain in 2009, was 12 hours and 30 seconds. Shadbolt discussed a variety of matters, &ldquo;including his many, varied, and colourful past lives&rdquo;, NewstalkZB said. The event, aired live, was also the longest one-on-one interview on any media.

A mayor in New Zealand has set a new Guinness World Record for the longest non-stop televised interview

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