{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox official post | post = Mayor | body = Taupō | insignia = | insigniasize = | insigniacaption = | image = | imagecaption = | incumbent = [[John Funnell (mayor)|John Funnell]]<ref name="J Funnell"/> | incumbentsince = 2025 | inaugural = Joan Williamson | style = [[Worship (style)|His/Her Worship]] | residence = | termlength = Three years, renewable | formation = [[1989 New Zealand local government reforms|1989]] | first = | succession = | salary = $143,105<ref>{{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}}</ref> | website = [https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors#toc-link-1 Official website] | footnotes = | deputy = }} The '''mayor of Taupō''' officiates over the [[Taupō District Council]].<ref name="mayorcouncillors">{{cite web |title=Mayor and Councillors |url=https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/council/mayor-and-councillors |website=taupodc.govt.nz |publisher=[[Taupo District Council]]}}</ref>
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 voting|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]]. John Funnell is the current mayor of Taupō.<ref name="J Funnell"/>
==List of office holders==
===Mayors=== Taupō District has had five mayors. The following is a complete list:
{| class="wikitable" ! !Name !Portrait !Term |- | align=center | 1 | Joan Williamson | | 1989–2001 |- | align=center | 2 | Clayton Stent | | 2001–2007 |- | align=center | 3 | Rick Cooper | [[File:Rick Cooper ONZM (cropped).jpg|60px]] | 2007–2013 |- | align=center | 4 | David Trewavas | | 2013–2025 |- | align=center | 5 | [[John Funnell (mayor)|John Funnell]]<ref name="J Funnell">{{cite web|url=https://www.electionz.com/LGE2025Results/ELT21TP25_Result.pdf|title=2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result|publisher=Electionz|access-date=21 October 2025}}</ref> | | 2025–present |}
===Deputy mayors===
{| class="wikitable" !Name !Term !Mayor |- | Rex Hawkins | 1992–1998 | rowspan=2 | Williamson |- | Joe Keehan | 1998–2001 |- | [[Christine McElwee]] | 2001–2004 | rowspan=2 | Stent |- | David Trewavas | 2004–2007 |- | Christine McElwee | 2007–2009 | rowspan=3 | Cooper |- | Don Ormsby | 2010 |- | Mike Downard | 2010–2013 |- | Keith Crate | 2013–2014 | rowspan="6" | Trewavas |- | Barry Hickling | 2014–2016 |- | Rosie Harvey | 2016–2019 |- | [[Christine Rankin]] | 2019–2022 |- | rowspan="3" |Kevin Taylor |2022-2025 |- | rowspan="2" | 2025–present |- |Funnell |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Mayors in New Zealand}}
[[Category:Lists of mayors of places in New Zealand|Taupo]] [[Category:Mayors of places in Waikato|Taupo]] [[Category:Politics of the Bay of Plenty Region]] [[Category:Taupō District]] [[Category:Mayors of districts in New Zealand|Taupo]]