Mayor of Ruapehu
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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox official post
| post = Mayor
| body = Ruapehu
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| incumbent = Weston Kirton
| incumbentsince = 2022
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| style = His/Her Worship
| residence =
| termlength = Three years, renewable
| formation = 1989
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| salary = $120,497{{cite news |last1=Edmunds |first1=Susan |title=How much your local council gets paid |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/519420/how-much-your-local-council-gets-paid |access-date=31 December 2024 |work=RNZ |date=13 June 2024 |language=en-nz}}
| website = [https://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/our-council/elected-representatives/a-ruapehu-district-council Official website]
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| deputy = Vivienne Hoeta{{cite web |title=Ruapehu District Council |url=https://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/our-council/elected-representatives/a-ruapehu-district-council |website=www.ruapehudc.govt.nz |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |access-date=31 December 2024 |language=en-nz}}
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The mayor of Ruapehu officiates over the Ruapehu District Council.{{cite web |title=Elected Representatives – Ruapehu District Council |url=https://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/our-council/elected-representatives/Pages/Ruapehu-District-Council.aspx |website=ruapehudc.govt.nz |publisher=Ruapehu District Council}}
History
The Ruapehu District was created in the 1989 local government reforms. The mayor from 1995 to 2001 was Weston Kirton.{{cite news |last1=Mathias |first1=Shanti |title=New mayor of Ruapehu officiates wedding before hearing result |url=https://thespinoff.co.nz/live-updates/08-10-2022/new-mayor-of-ruapehu-officiates-wedding-before-hearing-result |access-date=8 October 2022 |work=The Spinoff |date=8 October 2022}} Elected to the mayoralty in 2001, Sue Morris sought to brand Ruapehu as more tourist friendly, but faced challenges with maintaining public facilities within a dwindling local economy.{{Cite web |date=2024-12-16 |title=Good insight into district's challenges was key |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/whanganui-chronicle/news/good-insight-into-districts-challenges-was-key/F6Z7QSC2IAPDL6JX4JBLCB3NIU/ |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=The New Zealand Herald |language=en-NZ}} Don Cameron was mayor from 2013 to 2022.{{cite web |title=Council comprises |url=https://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/our-council/elected-representatives/Pages/Ruapehu-District-Council.aspx |website=ruapehudc.govt.nz |publisher=Ruapehu District Council}}{{cite news |title=Mayor Cameron gets 3 more years |url=https://www.ruapehudc.govt.nz/our-council/news/Pages/default.aspx?newsItem=id:1xqxtxorx17q9sxns54d |publisher=Ruapehu District Council |date=8 October 2016}} After a break of 21 years, Weston Kirton was elected mayor again in 2022.
List of mayors
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