mayor of Dunedin

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{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2016}}

{{Infobox Political post

| post = Mayor

| body = Dunedin

| insignia = Dunedin city coa.gif

| insigniasize = 100px

| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of the City of Dunedin

| native_name = {{lang|mi|Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti}}

| image = File:Jules Radich (wider crop).jpg

| alt =

| incumbent = Jules Radich

| incumbentsince = 2022

| department = Dunedin City Council

| style = His/Her Worship

| residence =

| appointer = Electorate of Dunedin

| member_of = Dunedin City Council

| seat = Dunedin Town Hall

| termlength = Three years, renewable

| formation = 1865

| succession =

| inaugural = William Mason

| deputy = Cherry Lucas{{cite web |title=Cr Cherry Lucas |url=https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors/cr-cherry-lucas |website=www.dunedin.govt.nz |publisher=Dunedin City Council |access-date=11 January 2025 |language=en}}

| salary = $172,378{{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=11 January 2025 |work=RNZ |date=13 June 2024 |language=en-nz}}

| website = [https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors/mayor-jules-radich Official website]

| imagecaption = Radich in 2019

}}

The mayor of Dunedin is the head of the local government, the city council of Dunedin, New Zealand. The mayor's role is "to provide leadership to the other elected members of the territorial authority, be a leader in the community and perform civic duties".{{cite web |last1=Department of Internal Affairs |title=Councillors and Mayors |url=https://www.localcouncils.govt.nz/lgip.nsf/wpg_URL/About-Local-Government-Local-Government-In-New-Zealand-Councillors-and-Mayors |website=Local Councils |access-date=25 September 2022}} The mayor is directly elected, using the single transferable vote (STV) system from 2007.{{cite web|url=http://www.elections.org.nz/rules/local-elections/local-elections-2007.html |title=2007 Local Elections |publisher=Elections New Zealand |access-date=11 December 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081120150302/http://www.elections.org.nz/rules/local-elections/local-elections-2007.html |archive-date=20 November 2008 }} The current mayor is Jules Radich who was elected in 2022.{{cite news |title=DCC and Community board preliminary results |url=https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/dcc/dcc-and-community-board-preliminary-results |access-date=8 October 2022 |agency=Otago Daily Times |issue=8 October 2022}}

The mayor has always been elected at large,{{sfn|McDonald|1965|p=415}} with the inaugural election in 1865.{{cite news |title=The Election of Mayor |url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ODT18650722.2.15 |access-date=15 May 2016 |work=Otago Daily Times |issue=1119 |date=22 July 1865 |page=4}} Up until 1915, the term of mayor was for one year only.{{cite web | author-link=George Griffiths (historian) | last=Griffiths |first=George |title=Dunedin's 19th Century Mayors |url= http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/hoc_fr_bulletins/Bull_51_Mayors.pdf |publisher=Friends of the Hocken Collections |access-date=17 February 2012 |format=PDF |date=September 2005}}{{sfn|McDonald|1965|pp=415f}} From 1915 to 1935, the term was two years.{{sfn|McDonald|1965|p=416}} Since the 1935 mayoral election, the term has been three years.{{sfn|McDonald|1965|p=416}} The role of deputy mayor was established in 1917.{{sfn|McDonald|1965|p=417}}

The city council translates the office and title of mayor as Te Koromatua o Ōtepoti.for example on this plan consultation page on their website: [https://www.dunedin.govt.nz/council/annual-and-long-term-plans/10-year-plan-2021-2031/section-1/introduction Introduction | He kupu whakataki] on DCC website, viewed 2022-11-03