Mayor of Taupō

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| post = Mayor

| body = Taupō

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| incumbent = David Trewavas

| incumbentsince = 2013

| inaugural = Joan Williamson

| style = His/Her Worship

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| termlength = Three years, renewable

| formation = 1989

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| salary = $143,105{{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.taupodc.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors#toc-link-1 Official website]

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| deputy = Kevin Taylor

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The mayor of Taupō officiates over the Taupō District Council.

The mayor of Taupō is the head of the municipal government, and presides over the district council. The mayor is directly elected using a first-past-the-post electoral system. The office was established on 1 December 1989, after the formation of the district council in the 1989 local government reforms. David Trewavas is the current mayor of Taupō.{{cite news |title=David Trewavas re-elected as Taupō District mayor |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503438&objectid=12275876 |accessdate=20 January 2020 |work=Rotorua Daily Post |date=12 October 2019}}{{cite web |title=Mayor and Councillors |url=https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors |website=taupodc.govt.nz |publisher=Taupo District Council}} He sought reelection in 2019,{{cite news |last1=McMichael |first1=Laurillee |title=After transplant, Taupō mayor David Trewavas throws hat back in ring |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12230924 |agency=Taupo and Turangi Weekender |publisher=New Zealand Media and Entertainment |date=15 May 2019}} months after receiving a kidney transplant from his wife.{{cite news |last1=Steven |first1=Robert |title=Taupō mayor and wife recovering from kidney transplant operation |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/109883553/taup-mayor-and-wife-recovering-from-kidney-transplant-operation |agency=Waikato Times |publisher=stuff.co.nz |date=12 January 2019}}