Head of the municipal government of Hastings
The mayor of Hastings is the head of local government in the Hastings District of New Zealand's North Island. The mayor presides over the Hastings District Council. The mayor is directly elected using the first-past-the-post method. The first mayor was Robert Wellwood, and the current mayor is Sandra Hazlehurst, first elected in the 2017 by-election. She is the first woman to be elected to the office.
Hastings City Council (1956–1989)
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Mayor
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Term
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Deputy
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Term
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17
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Sir Ed Bate
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1956–1959[4][10]
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Alexander Kirkpatrick
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1956–1962[9]
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Ron Giorgi
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1959–1974[4]
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18
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J. K. Agnew
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1962–1971[9]
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Ernest John Velvin
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1971–1974[9]
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19
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Jim O'Connor
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1974–1986[4]
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John Charles Mackersey
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1974–?[9]
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20
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Jeremy Dwyer
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1986–1989
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- From Swamp to City: A History of Hastings, New Zealand. Hastings: Heretaunga Intermediate School. 1961. pp. 103–106.
- ^ Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". Radio New Zealand. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
- ^ Bale, Derek. "Robert Wellwood". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "First Mayor of Hastings". Hawke's Bay Tribune. Papers Past. 13 October 1923.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Webb, Brendan (20 September 2010). "No Sign of Mayors". BayBuzz. Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f Cyclopedia Company Limited (1908). "Hastings Corporation". The Cyclopedia of New Zealand : Taranaki, Hawke’s Bay & Wellington Provincial Districts. Christchurch: The Cyclopedia of New Zealand. Retrieved 2 November 2013.
- ^ "Annual election of mayor". Hastings Standard. Vol. VIII, no. 4207. 18 April 1904. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Borough of Hastings". Hastings Standard. Vol. IX, no. 5177. 20 April 1906. p. 3. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Boyd, Mary. "Algernon Instone Rainbow". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ a b c d e "Mayors of Hastings" (PDF). Hastings District Council. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 58. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
- ^ "Yule to run for re-election as Hastings mayor". The New Zealand Herald. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 3 November 2013.
- ^ Jonhstone, Shannon (7 June 2021). "Queen's Birthday Honours: Former Hastings deputy mayor Cynthia Bowers MNZM". NZHerald. Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ Harper, Nicki (27 October 2016). "Hazlehurst takes up Hastings deputy mayor role". NZHerald. Hawke's Bay Today. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "Hastings elects first woman mayor". 25 November 2017.
- ^ Chumko, Andre (14 December 2017). "Tania Kerr 'absolutely honoured' after appointment as Hastings deputy mayor". Stuff. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
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