Mayor of Whangarei

The Mayor of Whangarei is the directly elected head of the Whangarei District Council, the local government authority for the Whangarei District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority. The position has existed since 27 October 1896, when the Whangarei Borough Council was constituted.[2] Later the mayor presided over Whangarei City Council. The position has existed in its present form since 1 November 1989, following the amalgamation of Whangarei County Council, Whangarei City Council and Hikurangi Town Board.[3] The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.[4]

Mayor of Whangarei
Incumbent
Vince Cocurullo
since 9 October 2022
StyleHis Worship
Term lengthThree years
Inaugural holderJames Miller Killen
Formation27 October 1896
DeputyTBC
Salary$148,351 p.a.[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The mayor has significant executive powers, their own staff and the ability to appoint the chairpersons of the council's committees.[5][6]

List of mayors

The following table is a complete list of the mayors of Whangarei since the formation of Whangarei Borough in 1896.[2][7][8][9][10][11][12]

Name Portrait Term of office
1James Miller Killen1896–1899
2William Corns1899–1901
(1)James Miller Killen1901–1902
(2)William Corns1902–1904
(1)James Miller Killen1904–1905
3Harry Weaver1905–1908
4Thomas McClintock1908–1910
5Thomas Herbert Steadman1910–1914
6Donald William Jack1914–1917
7John Samuel Dent1917–1921
8Donald Alexander McLean1921–1925
9James Edmund Holmes1925–1927
10Leonard James Brake1927–1929
11William Jones1929–1953
12Horace William James1953–1954
13Les McKinnon1954–1956
14Frank Johnson1956–1968
15Ken Haslett1968–1977
16Ted Elliott1977–1983
17Joyce Ryan1983–1989
18Stan Semenoff1989–1998
19Craig Brown1998–2004
20Pamela Peters2004–2007
(18)Stan Semenoff2007–2010
21Morris Cutforth2010–2013
22Sheryl Mai2013–2022
22Vince Cocurullo2022–present

Deputy mayor

The deputy mayor is the second highest elected official in the Whangarei District Council. The deputy mayor acts in support of the Mayor of Whangarei. It is the second highest elected position in the council. However, like the position of Deputy Prime Minister, this seniority does not necessarily translate into power. They are appointed by the mayor from the elected ward councillors.[6] The current deputy mayor is Greg Innes, who currently represents the Whangarei Heads Ward ward on the Whangarei District Council. Innes was announced as deputy mayor in October 2019, and assumed office upon the swearing in of the new council.[13]

Beyond committees of the whole council, the deputy mayor is an ex-officio member of the following Whangarei District Council committees:[14]

  • Community Development Committee
  • Finance and Corporate Committee
  • Infrastructure Committee
  • Planning and Development Committee

The deputy mayor may be appointed to additional committees that the mayor wishes to appoint them to. The following table lists the deputy mayors since the local government reforms of 1989.

Mayor Deputy mayor Term of office
Stan Semenoff
Craig Brown
Pamela PetersPhil Halse2004–2007
Stan SemenoffKahu Sutherland2007–2010
Morris CutforthPhil Halse2010–2013
Sheryl MaiSharon Morgan[15]2013–2019
Greg Innes[16]2019–present

References
  1. "Local Government Members (2019/20) Determination 2019 (LI 2019/135) – New Zealand Legislation". Archived from the original on 3 July 2019. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  2. "Fifty years progress". The Sun. Vol. 1, no. 249. 11 January 1928. p. 11. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  3. "Local government amalgamation". parliament.nz. New Zealand Parliament. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  4. "Councillors". www.wdc.govt.nz. Whangarei District Council.
  5. "Councillors and Mayors". www.localcouncils.govt.nz. Retrieved 27 August 2018.
  6. "Role of the Mayor". www.wdc.govt.nz. Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  7. "Mayors' services". Otago Daily Times. No. 27535. 1 November 1950. p. 4. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  8. "Jones, William". New Zealand Card Index. Auckland Council. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  9. "James, Horace William". New Zealand Card Index. Auckland Council. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  10. "Johnson, John Frank". New Zealand Card Index. Auckland Council. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  11. Barrington, Mike (24 August 2012). "Piece of city's civic history found". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  12. "Whangarei mayors over the last 50 years". Whangarei City 50 years. Northern Advocate. December 2014. p. 3. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  13. "Whangarei Deputy Mayor and Committee Chairs Appointed | Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  14. "Council Committees". wdc.govt.nz. Whangarei District Council. Retrieved 17 July 2018.
  15. "Whangarei Mayor cements stable leadership with deputy mayor re-appointment". Scoop Regional. 19 October 2016. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
  16. Ali, Imran (25 October 2019). "Greg Innes named new deputy mayor of Whangārei; committee chairs appointed". Northern Advocate. Retrieved 22 May 2021.
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