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Mayor of Hastings, New Zealand

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Mayor of Hastings
Te Koromatua o Heretaunga
since 24 November 2017
StyleHis/Her Worship
SeatHastings
Term length3 years, renewable
Formation1886
First holderRobert Wellwood
DeputyTania Kerr
Salary$160,955[1]
WebsiteOfficial website

The mayor of Hastings is the head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, first elected in the 2017 by-election. She is the first woman to be elected to the office.

List of mayors

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Hastings Borough Council (1886–1956)
Mayor Term Deputy Term
1 Robert Wellwood 1886–1887[2][3]
2 George Ellis 1887–1890[3][4][5]
3 W. F. Burnett 1890–1891[3][5]
(2) George Ellis 1891–1894[3]
4 Cecil Fitzroy 1894–1899[3][5]
5 William Young Dennett 1899–1904[3][4][5]
6 William Lane[6] 1904–1905[3][5]
(5) William Young Dennett 1905–1906[3]
7 Thomas John Thompson[7] 1906–1909[3][5]
8 John A. Miller 1909–1911[3]
9 James Garnett 1911–1913[3][4]
10 William Hart 1913–1917[3][4]
11 Horace Simson[4] 1917–1919[3]
12 George Ebbett 1919–1921[3][4]
(10) William Hart 1921–1922[3]
13 George Maddison 1922–1929[3][4]
14 George Roach 1929–1933[4]
(13) George Maddison 1933–1941[4]
15 Algernon "Algie" Rainbow 1941–1947[4][8] Alexander Kirkpatrick 1946–1956[9]
16 Robert Douglas Brown 1947–1953[4]
17 Sir Ed Bate 1953–1956
Hastings City Council (1956–1989)
Mayor Term Deputy Term
17 Sir Ed Bate 1956–1959[4][10] Alexander Kirkpatrick 1956–1962[9]
Ron Giorgi 1959–1974[4]
18
J. K. Agnew 1962–1971[9]
Ernest John Velvin 1971–1974[9]
19 Jim O'Connor 1974–1986[4] John Charles Mackersey 1974–?[9]
20 Jeremy Dwyer 1986–1989 ? ?
Hastings District Council (1989–present)
Mayor Term Deputy Term
20 Jeremy Dwyer 1989–2001[4]
21 Lawrence Yule 2001–2017[11] Cynthia Bowers 2001–2016[12]
Sandra Hazlehurst 2016–2017[13]
22 Sandra Hazlehurst 2017–present[14] Simon Nixon 2017 (Acting)
Tania Kerr 2017–present[15]

References

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  • From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.
  1. ^ Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  2. ^ Bale, Derek. "Robert Wellwood". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "First Mayor of Hastings". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Papers Past. 13 October 1923.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Webb, Brendan (20 September 2010). "No Sign of Mayors". BayBuzz. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  5. ^ a b c d e f Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Hastings Corporation". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
  6. ^ "Annual election of mayor". Hastings Standard. Vol. VIII, no. 4207. 18 April 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Borough of Hastings". Hastings Standard. Vol. IX, no. 5177. 20 April 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  8. ^ Boyd, Mary. "Algernon Instone Rainbow". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
  9. ^ a b c d e "Mayors of Hastings" (PDF). Hastings District Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 58. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  11. ^ "Yule to run for re-election as Hastings mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
  12. ^ Jonhstone, Shannon (7 June 2021). "Queen's Birthday Honours: Former Hastings deputy mayor Cynthia Bowers MNZM". NZHerald. Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  13. ^ Harper, Nicki (27 October 2016). "Hazlehurst takes up Hastings deputy mayor role". NZHerald. Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Hastings elects first woman mayor". 25 November 2017.
  15. ^ Chumko, Andre (14 December 2017). "Tania Kerr 'absolutely honoured' after appointment as Hastings deputy mayor". Stuff. Retrieved 8 July 2024.