[1] In late October 2024, Cadogan resigned as Mayor and moved to Wellington to work as the Local Government Engagement Specialist at the Taumata Arowai water services authority.
[5] During the 2016 New Zealand local elections, Cadogan ran for the office of Mayor of Central Otago and unseated the incumbent Tony Lepper, winning 5,047 votes.
[1][5] Cadogan regarded the affordable housing shortage as his "biggest sense of failure" and expressed concern about its impact on young people in the region.
[7] Cadogan later credited that trip with piquing his interest in learning about Māori language and culture after seeing a bilingual screen while catching a flight from Christchurch to Guanzhou.
[9] In May 2020, Cadogan issued a public apology for wearing blackface while dressed as African American jazz musician Louis Armstrong at a 2001 variety show hosted by New Zealand celebrities Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement.
[11] In late May 2024, Cadogan was the sole member of the Central Otago District Council to support renaming the Maniototo Community Board to its correct Māori name Māniatoto.
[12] In June 2024, Cadogan attracted criticism from Central Otago ratepayers after suggesting ratepayers could consider reverse mortgages as a means of paying the proposed 18.3% rate increase; with some areas reporting a 30% rate increase due to hikes in water and waste water costs.
[1][2] Criticism of the centralisation of council rates range from suggestions that the CODC was attempting to take over Cromwell's endowment land and concerns about the loss of community input and representation.