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Mayor of Porirua
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| post | Mayor |
| body | Porirua |
| insignia | Porirua coat of arms full achievement.svg |
| insigniacaption | Porirua coat of arms |
| image | Anita Baker July 2023.jpg |
| imagesize | 150px |
| incumbent | Anita Baker |
| incumbentsince | 2019 |
| inaugural | Whitford Brown |
| style | Her Worship |
| termlength | Three years |
| formation | 1962 |
| salary | $151,954 |
| website | Official website |
| deputy | Kylie Wihapi |
The mayor of Porirua is the head of the municipal government of Porirua, New Zealand, and presides over the Porirua City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote electoral system. There have been six mayors since the establishment of the borough council in 1962: the current mayor is Anita Baker, who was elected in October 2019.
History
The locality was part the Makara County Council, abolished on 31 August 1962. The rural area became part of Hutt County, the urban area becoming Porirua Borough Council. Elections were held in October 1962, and Whitford Brown was elected the first mayor of Porirua. During Brown's term, Porirua achieved city status on 2 October 1965. At the time, this required having a population of at least 20,000. In the first triennium the mayor received honorarium for their duties of £750 per annum. At the first council meeting following the 1965 elections councillors voted to keep the honorarium at the same amount after the council was upgraded from a borough to a city.
Brown retired from the mayoralty in 1983. He was succeeded by John Burke, who had been Deputy Mayor since 1977. Burke remained mayor for 15 years (five terms) until 1998.
Jenny Brash was first elected mayor in 1998, succeeding Burke. She held the mayoralty for 12 years (four terms) until her retirement in October 2010. She was a Northern Ward councillor in 1983–89 and 1995–98.
Nick Leggett was elected mayor on 9 October 2010, defeating Deputy Mayor Litea Ah Hoi. He had been endorsed by his predecessor plus former mayor John Burke, and was first elected as a councillor in Porirua in 1998, when he was 19 years old. Aged 31 on his election to mayor, he was at the time the youngest mayor in New Zealand. In October 2016, Leggett was succeeded by Mike Tana.
List of mayors of Porirua
Porirua has had six mayors: ;Key
| # | Name | Portrait | Term | Elections | Independent politician}};" | 1 | New Zealand Labour Party}};" | 2 | Independent politician}};" | 3 | Independent politician}};" | 4 | Independent politician}};" | 5 | Independent politician}};" | 6 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitford Brown | [[File:Whitford J.R Brown.jpg | 75px]] | 1962–1983 | 1962 • 1965 • 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1971 • 1974 • 1977 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1980 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| John Burke | 1983–1998 | 1983 • 1986 • 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1992 • 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jenny Brash | [[File:Jenny Brash QSO (cropped).jpg | 75px]] | 1998–2010 | 1998 • 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2004 • 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nick Leggett | [[File:Nick Leggett 2012 (cropped).jpg | 75px]] | 2010–2016 | 2010 • 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Mike Tana | [[File:Mike Tana.jpg | 75px]] | 2016–2019 | 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Anita Baker | [[File:Anita Baker (crop).jpg | 75px]] | 2019–present | 2019 • 2022 • 2025 |
List of deputy mayors of Porirua
| Name | Term of office | Mayor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent politician}}" | Ernie Maxwell | 1962 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Jill Nixon | 1968 | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | Tutuira Wi Neera | 1971 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Hec Stuart | 1972 | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | John Burke | 1977 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Bill Herewini | 1983 | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | Hec Stuart | |||
| Independent politician}}" | Ivan Hardgrave | 1985 | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | Jasmine Underhill | 1989 | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | Independent politician}}" | Brash | ||
| New Zealand Labour Party}}" | Kevin Watson | 2001 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Euon Murrell | 2004 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Litea Ah Hoi | 2007 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Liz Kelly | 2010 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | 'Ana Coffey | 2013 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Izzy Ford | 2016 | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Independent politician}}" | Baker | ||
| Independent politician}}" | Kylie Wihapi | 2022 |
References
References
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- "NZ Elective Structures Since Colonisation". Porirua City Council.
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- McLintock, A. H.. "Porirua". Te Ara.
- (27 October 1965). "Mayoral Honorarium of £750 – Porirua City Council's Decision". [[Kapi-Mana News]].
- "John Brian Burke, QSO". Porirua City Council.
- Carroll, Joanne. (10 October 2010). "Wellington mayor clings to narrow lead". [[The New Zealand Herald]].
- (5 October 2010). "Porirua farewells Jenny Brash". Porirua City Council.
- "New mayor for Porirua". Radio NZ.
- Dando, Kris. "Porirua mayor-elect Nick Leggett 'humbled' by level of support". Kapi-Mana News.
- Broun, Britton. (11 October 2010). "Porirua's new mayor New Zealand's youngest". Dominion Post.
- (25 November 2017). "Porirua street name changed to match the person it was named after".
- (1 June 1985). "Bill Herewini". Tu Tangata.
- (12 June 1985). "Deputy dies". [[The Evening Post (New Zealand).
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- (28 April 2017). "Euon Murrell is thrilled to be National candidate for Mana electorate".
- (2 November 2010). "Liz Kelly picked as Porirua's deputy mayor".
- (1 September 2016). "Experience in spades for Porirua's only female mayoral candidate Liz Kelly".
- "Who is 'Ana — 'Ana Coffey".
- Wong, Justin. (18 October 2022). "Porirua's first Māori ward councillor named as new deputy mayor". Stuff.
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