Mayor of Tauranga

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The mayor of Tauranga is the head of local government in Tauranga, New Zealand's fifth-largest city. The mayor presides over the Tauranga City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote method. The current mayor is Mahé Drysdale, elected in the 2024 Tauranga local elections. He assumed office on 2 August.[1]

History

Tauranga was gazetted as a borough in 1882, and achieved sufficient population to become a city in 1963. The 1989 Local Body reforms saw the city become part of the Tauranga District, before the City of Tauranga was reproclaimed in 2004.

Elections for mayor were held annually from 1882 up to 1915, when terms become two years. In 1935 terms were made three years, the current system. The election used first-past-the-post voting up until the 2016 election,[2] then changed to single transferable vote.[3]

One of Tauranga's longest-serving mayors was Canon Charles Jordan, who was mayor for nine years in total over five separate periods. He is the subject of a commemorative statue, unveiled in Tauranga Domain in 1916, four years after his death.[4]

Tenby Powell was elected to the mayoralty in October 2019 but resigned in November 2020,[5] eight months after he was unanimously censured by his council for an angry outburst.[6][7] Following further mayoral "outbursts,"[8][9] Powell publicly called for the Minister of Local Government to appoint a commission to replace the "dysfunctional" council.[10][11] The decision to cancel the election for a new mayor and councillors, and the appointment of a Crown commission instead by minister Nanaia Mahuta on 9 February 2021 was not without controversy. A legal opinion by law firm Russell McVeagh found her decision may have been "unlawful"[12] and Tauranga MP Simon Bridges called the decision "dramatic and draconian",[13] while saying that Powell quitting removed "a significant source of friction" and it was reasonable to assume the council would become more functional with the election of a new Mayor and Councillor.[14]

The council and mayor were restored following elections in 2024. Mahé Drysdale was elected as mayor.

List of mayors

Tauranga Borough Council (1882–1963)
Mayor Term
1 File:Mayor George Vesey Stewart (cropped).jpg George Vesey Stewart 1882[15]
2 File:Mayor Richard Coles Jordan (cropped).jpg Richard Coles Jordan 1882–1883
3 File:Mayor Thomas Wrigley (cropped).jpg Thomas Wrigley 1883–1885[16]
4 File:Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1885–1886[17]
5 File:Mayor David Lundon (cropped).jpg David Lundon 1886–1888[17][18]
6 File:Mayor James Bodell (cropped).jpg James Bodell 1888–1889[19][20]
7 File:Mayor Robert Sharpe Galbraith (cropped).jpg Robert Sharpe Galbraith 1889–1890[21][22]
(5) File:Mayor David Lundon (cropped).jpg David Lundon 1890–1893[23][24]
8 File:Mayor Richard John Gill (cropped).jpg Richard John Gill 1893[25]
9 File:Mayor Charles Angus Clarke (cropped).jpg Charles Angus Clarke 1893–1898[26][27][28][29]
10 File:Mayor Gerard Arnold Ward (cropped).jpg Gerard Arnold Ward 1898–1899[30]
11 File:Mayor James Weir Gray (cropped).jpg James Weir Gray 1899–1900[31]
(4) File:Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1900–1905[32]
12 File:Mayor William McKenzie Commons (cropped).jpg William McKenzie Commons 1906–1907[33]
(4) File:Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1907–1908[34]
13 File:Mayor John Bull (cropped).jpg John Bull 1908–1909[35][36]
(4) File:Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1909–1910[36]
(13) File:Mayor John Bull (cropped).jpg John Bull 1910–1911[37]
(4) File:Mayor Charles Jordan ca 1886 (cropped).jpg Charles Jordan 1911–1912
14 File:Mayor Benjamin Conrad Robbins (cropped).jpg Benjamin Robbins 1912–1915[38][39]
15 File:Mayor Charles Macmillan (cropped).jpg Charles Macmillan 1915–1917[40]
16 File:Mayor John Cuthbert Adams (cropped).jpg John Cuthbert Adams 1917–1919[41]
17 File:Mayor Bradshaw Dive (cropped).jpg Bradshaw Dive 1919–1929[42]
(14) File:Mayor Benjamin Conrad Robbins (cropped).jpg Benjamin Robbins 1929–1933[39]
18 File:Mayor Alfred Francis Daly Tunks (cropped).jpg Alfred Francis Daly Tunks 1933–1935
19 Lionel Wilkinson 1935–1950
20 File:Bill Barnard (cropped).jpg Bill Barnard 1950–1952[43]
(19) Lionel Wilkinson 1952–1956
21 David Mitchell 1956–1963
Tauranga City Council (1963–1989)
Mayor Term
(21) David Mitchell 1963–1968
22 Bob Owens 1968–1977[44]
23 Eric Faulkner 1977–1980
24 Raymond Francis Dillon 1980–1983
25 Noel Pope 1983–1989
Tauranga District Council (1989–2003)
Mayor Term
26 Keith "Nobby" Clarke 1989–1995
(25) Noel Pope 1995–2001[45]
27 Jan Beange 2001–2003[45][46]
Tauranga City Council (2003–present)
Mayor Term
(27) Jan Beange 2003–2004[45][46]
28 File:Stuart Crosby (cropped).jpg Stuart Crosby 2004–2016[46]
29 File:Greg Brownless (cropped).jpg Greg Brownless 2016–2019[47]
30 Tenby Powell 2019–2020[48][10]
– Replaced by Crown commission 2020–2024
31 File:Mahé Drysdale 2025 (cropped head).jpg Mahé Drysdale 2024–

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