Mayor of Whangārei

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Mayor

| body = Whangārei

| insignia = File:Whangarei District Council CoA.png

| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Whangārei

| image = Vince Cocorullo 2025 (cropped head and shoulders).jpg

| incumbent = Vince Cocurullo

| style = His/Her Worship

| residence =

| termlength = 3 years, renewable

| formation = 27 October 1896

| succession =

| salary = $163,689{{Cite web |last=Edmunds |first=Susan |date=13 June 2024 |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=28 June 2024 |website=Radio New Zealand }}

| website = [http://www.wdc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/ElectedCouncil Official website]

| footnotes =

| deputy = Phil Halse

| imagecaption = Cocurullo in 2020

| seat = Whangārei

| first = James Miller Killen

}}

File:Whangarei District map 2023.png within Northland]]

The mayor of Whangārei 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. 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.{{cite web |title=Local government amalgamation |url=https://www.parliament.nz/en/pb/research-papers/document/00PLLawC51141/local-government-amalgamation |website=parliament.nz |publisher=New Zealand Parliament |access-date=17 July 2018 |language=en}} The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.{{cite web |title=Councillors |url=http://www.wdc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/ElectedCouncil/Councillors/ |website=www.wdc.govt.nz |publisher=Whangarei District Council}}

The mayor has significant executive powers, their own staff and the ability to appoint the chairpersons of the council's committees.{{cite web |title=Councillors and Mayors |url=http://www.localcouncils.govt.nz/lgip.nsf/wpg_url/About-Local-Government-Local-Government-In-New-Zealand-Councillors-and-Mayors |website=www.localcouncils.govt.nz |access-date=27 August 2018 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Role of the Mayor |url=http://www.wdc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/ElectedCouncil/Pages/default.aspx |website=www.wdc.govt.nz |publisher=Whangarei District Council |access-date=17 July 2018 |language=en-nz}}

List of mayors

The following table is a complete list of the mayors of Whangarei since the formation of Whangarei Borough in 1896.{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/SUNAK19280111.2.86 |title=Fifty years progress |date=11 January 1928 |work=The Sun |volume=1 |issue=249 |page=11 |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19501101.2.52 |title=Mayors' services |date=1 November 1950 |work=Otago Daily Times |issue=27535 |page=4 |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/nzcardindex/images/cardindexes/nzci/d0093/nzci_d0093c00591.jpg |title=Jones, William |website=New Zealand Card Index |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/nzcardindex/images/cardindexes/nzci/d0091/nzci_d0091c00571.jpg |title=James, Horace William |website=New Zealand Card Index |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite web |url=http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/dbtw-wpd/nzcardindex/images/cardindexes/nzci/d0092/nzci_d0092c01045.jpg |title=Johnson, John Frank |website=New Zealand Card Index |publisher=Auckland Council |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/piece-of-citys-civic-history-found/WZGJ5XKISXCE7ET7A365EGDKWE/ |title=Piece of city's civic history found |first=Mike |last=Barrington |date=24 August 2012 |work=Northern Advocate |access-date=22 May 2021}}{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/northernadvocate/docs/whangarei_city_50_years_dec_2014 |title=Whangarei mayors over the last 50 years |date=December 2014 |work=Whangarei City 50 years |publisher=Northern Advocate |page=3 |access-date=22 May 2021}}

class="wikitable" ! ! Name ! Portrait ! Term of office
align=center \| 1	James Miller Killen	60px	1896–1899
align=center \| 2	William Corns	60px	1899–1901
align=center \| (1)	James Miller Killen	60px	1901–1902
align=center \| (2)	William Corns	60px	1902–1904
align=center \| (1)	James Miller Killen	60px	1904–1905
align=center \| 3	Harry Weaver		1905–1908
align=center \| 4	Thomas McClintock	60px	1908–1910
align=center \| 5	Thomas Herbert Steadman		1910–1914
align=center \| 6	Donald William Jack		1914–1917
align=center \| 7	John Samuel Dent		1917–1921
align=center \| 8	Donald Alexander McLean	60px	1921–1925
align=center \| 9	James Edmund Holmes		1925–1927
align=center \| 10	Leonard James Brake		1927–1929
align=center \| 11	William Jones	60px	1929–1953
align=center \| 12	Horace William James		1953–1954
align=center \| 13	Les McKinnon		1954–1956
align=center \| 14	Frank Johnson		1956–1968
align=center \| 15	Ken Haslett		1968–1977
align=center \| 16	Ted Elliott		1977–1983
align=center \| 17	Joyce Ryan		1983–1989
align=center \| 18	Stan Semenoff		1989–1998
align=center \| 19	Craig Brown	60px	1998–2004
align=center \| 20	Pamela Peters		2004–2007
align=center \| (18)	Stan Semenoff		2007–2010
align=center \| 21	Morris Cutforth		2010–2013
align=center \| 22	Sheryl Mai	60px	2013–2022
align=center \| 22	Vince Cocurullo	80x80px	2022–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. The current deputy mayor is Greg Innes, who currently represents the Whangarei Heads 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.{{cite web |title=Whangarei Deputy Mayor and Committee Chairs Appointed {{!}} Scoop News |url=http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1910/S00613/whangarei-deputy-mayor-and-committee-chairs-appointed.htm |website=www.scoop.co.nz |access-date=9 Nov 2019}}

Beyond committees of the whole council, the deputy mayor is an ex-officio member of the following Whangarei District Council committees:{{cite web |title=Council Committees |url=http://www.wdc.govt.nz/YourCouncil/CouncilMeetings/Committees/Pages/default.aspx |website=wdc.govt.nz |publisher=Whangarei District Council |access-date=17 July 2018 |language=en-nz}}

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.

class="wikitable" ! Mayor ! Deputy mayor ! Term of office
Stan Semenoff
Craig Brown
Pamela Peters	Phil Halse	2004–2007
Stan Semenoff	Kahu Sutherland	2007–2010
Morris Cutforth	Phil Halse	2010–2013
rowspan="2" \| Sheryl Mai	Sharon Morgan{{cite news \|url=https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK1610/S00503/whangarei-mayor-re-appoints-deputy-mayor.htm \|title=Whangarei Mayor cements stable leadership with deputy mayor re-appointment \|date=19 October 2016 \|work=Scoop Regional \|access-date=22 May 2021}}	2013–2019
Greg Innes{{cite news \|url=https://www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-advocate/news/greg-innes-named-new-deputy-mayor-of-whangarei-committee-chairs-appointed/ZWXNV6F7WICTDJ4J6AX35AONIM/ \|title=Greg Innes named new deputy mayor of Whangārei; committee chairs appointed \|date=25 October 2019 \|first=Imran \|last=Ali \|work=Northern Advocate \|access-date=22 May 2021}}	2019–present

References

Whangarei

Category:People from Whangārei

* Whangarei