Motueka Borough

{{Short description|Former borough of New Zealand}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2026}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox Former Subdivision |_noautocat = no | conventional_long_name = Motueka Borough | common_name = Motueka Borough | subdivision = [[Boroughs of New Zealand|Borough]] | nation = New Zealand | p1 = | s1 = | flag_s1 = | year_start = 1900 | event_end = | year_end = 1989 | date_end = | image_coat = | image = Borough of Motueka, 1929.jpg | image_caption = map of the borough in 1929 | capital = [[Motueka]] | stat_area1 = | stat_pop1 = | stat_year1 = | category = | today = [[Tasman District Council]] | footnotes = | image_map = | image_map_caption = }} '''Motueka Borough''' was the local authority for the town of [[Motueka]] in New Zealand's [[South Island]] between 1900 and 1989, when it became part of [[Tasman District]].

==History== [[File:Motueka Borough Council, 1900.jpg|left|thumb|Motueka's first borough council in 1900. Back from left: Horatio Everett (town clerk), William Ryder Jr., Frederick William Thorp, Walter John Moffatt. Front: Michael Simpson, Robert William Hammond Rankin, [[Richmond Hursthouse]] (mayor), James Satherley.]] Following the [[Provinces of New Zealand|provincial government period]], when the wider area was administered by the [[Nelson Provincial Council]], the town of Motueka was governed by [[Waimea County]] and the Motueka Road Board from 1877.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mr Baigent and the Waimea County |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18761221.2.11.1 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[Nelson Evening Mail]] |volume=XI |issue=278 |date=21 December 1876 |page=2}}</ref> In the June 1899 meeting of the Motueka Road Board, the majority of the members expressed a desire to form a borough for the administration of Motueka.<ref>{{cite news |title=Motueka |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18990613.2.16.4 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[Nelson Evening Mail]] |volume=XXXIII |issue=136 |date=13 June 1899 |page=2}}</ref> In its September 1899 meeting, the Waimea county councillors protested against the move of Motueka to become a borough.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Colonist |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18990908.2.8 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XLII |issue=9578 |date=8 September 1899 |page=2}}</ref> The protest was sent to the government, but the response was that the county council must organise a counter-petition signed at least as numerously as the petition for forming the borough. County councillors thought that they would not achieve that.<ref>{{cite news |title=Proposed Motueka Borough |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18991005.2.11 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[Nelson Evening Mail]] |volume=XXXIII |issue=224 |date=5 October 1899 |page=2}}</ref> By early December 1899, the government gazetted the Motueka Borough.<ref>{{cite news |title=Untitled |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18991212.2.7 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XLIII |issue=9659 |date=12 December 1899 |page=2}}</ref>

The poll for the mayoralty was held on 8 January 1900. [[Richmond Hursthouse]] had received a numerously signed petition to stand, but the less popular John Stuart Wratt chose to contest the election as Hursthouse had opposed the formation of the borough. Hursthouse won the poll with 141 votes to 57.<ref>{{cite news |title=Motueka |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19000110.2.12 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XLIII |issue=9681 |date=10 January 1900 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Motueka |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19000113.2.20.1 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[Nelson Evening Mail]] |volume=XXXIV |issue=11 |date=13 January 1900 |page=4}}</ref> A poll was held on 10 January 1900 for six borough councillors, which was contested by 13 candidates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Borough of Motueka |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19000113.2.14.3 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XXXVI |issue=9684 |date=13 January 1900 |page=2}}</ref> All previous road board members stood for election except for the mayoral candidates.<ref>{{cite news |title=Motueka |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19000105.2.17 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XXXVI |issue=9677 |date=5 January 1900 |page=3}}</ref> The borough council held its inaugural meeting on 17 January 1900.<ref>{{cite news |title=Motueka town council |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19000119.2.10 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=[[The Colonist (New Zealand newspaper)|The Colonist]] |volume=XLIII |issue=9689 |date=19 January 1900 |page=2}}</ref><ref>{{cite encyclopaedia |last1=Davis |first1=Brian Newton |last2=Dollimore |first2=Edward Stewart |title=Motueka |url= https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/motueka |publisher=[[An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=5 April 2026 |date=1966 |editor-last=McLintock |editor-first=Alexander Hare |editor-link=Alexander Hare McLintock}}</ref>

Hursthouse retired at the April 1902 election as he was about to move to Taranaki.<ref>{{cite news |title=Borough Council |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MOST19020418.2.6 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=Motueka Star |volume=II |issue=71 |date=18 April 1902 |page=4}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=The Golden Bay Argus |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GBARG19021113.2.35 |access-date=5 April 2026 |work=The Golden Bay Argus |volume=VIII |issue=24 |date=13 November 1902 |page=5}}</ref>

=== List of mayors === The Motueka Borough Council was headed by a mayor from 1900 until 1989. The following is a complete list of officeholders:

†: Died in office {| class="wikitable" ! ! Name ! Term of office ! Notes |- | align=center | 1 | [[Richmond Hursthouse]] | 1900–1902 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19000109.2.10 |title=Borough of Motueka |date=9 January 1900 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=2 |volume=34 |issue=7 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 2 | Stuart Wratt | 1902–1904 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MOST19020502.2.5 |title=Mayoral election |date=2 May 1902 |work=Motueka Star |page=3 |volume=2 |issue=75 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19040425.2.7 |title=Summary notes |date=25 April 1904 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=46 |issue=11009 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 3 | Robert Rankin | 1904† | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19041101.2.9 |title=Death of Mr. R. W. H. Rankin |date=1 November 1904 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=47 |issue=11172 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 4 | Frederick Thorp | 1904–1911† | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZMAIL19041116.2.73.20 |title=Motueka |date=16 November 1904 |work=New Zealand Mail |page=30 |issue=1707 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19110920.2.48.16 |title=Obituary: Mr. F. W. Thorp, Motueka |date=20 September 1911 |work=The Colonist |page=5 (supplement) |volume=53 |issue=13216 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 5 | Charles Lowe | 1911–1912 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19110831.2.14 |title=News of the day |date=31 August 1911 |work=The Colonist |page=2 |volume=53 |issue=13199 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | (2) | Stuart Wratt | 1912† | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19120425.2.46.21 |title=Richmond and Motueka |date=25 April 1912 |work=[[The Press]] |page=7 |volume=68 |issue=14338 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 6 | Michael Simpson | 1912–1914 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19121223.2.15 |title=Local and general |date=23 December 1912 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=47 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 7 | Percy Moffatt | 1914–1915 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19140430.2.7 |title=Municipal elections |date=30 April 1914 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |page=4 |issue=16061 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | (5) | Charles Lowe | 1915–1916 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19150420.2.20 |title=Local elections |date=20 April 1915 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=48 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | (6) | Michael Simpson | 1916 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19160512.2.33 |title=Mr. M. Simpson elected mayor |date=12 May 1916 |work=The Colonist |page=6 |volume=57 |issue=14174 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 8 | James Wallace | 1916–1921 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19161018.2.40.15.1 |title=Mr Jas. A. Wallace elected mayor |date=18 October 1916 |work=The Colonist |page=9 (supplement) |volume=57 |issue=14219 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 9 | James McGlashen | 1921–1925 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19420919.2.25 |title=Obituary: MR J. A. McGlashen |date=19 September 1942 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=2 |volume=77 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 10 | Daniel Talbot | 1925–1927 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19250509.2.14 |title=Motueka: mayor sworn in |date=9 May 1925 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=3 |volume=56 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | (8) | James Wallace | 1927–1929 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19270428.2.49 |title=The elections |date=28 April 1927 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=5 |volume=61 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 11 | Sidney Clay | 1929–1931 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19290503.2.125 |title=Nelson news: the local body polls |date=3 May 1929 |work=Evening Post |page=11 |volume=107 |issue=101 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19310507.2.34 |title=The elections |date=7 May 1931 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=5 |volume=64 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 12 | Rupert York | 1931–1940† | <ref>{{cite news |url= https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19401209.2.29 |title=Obituary: Mr R. J. L. York |date=9 December 1940 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=4 |volume=73 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 13 | Samuel Hulbert | 1940–1941 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM19401214.2.16.1 |title=Special meeting: election of mayor |date=14 December 1940 |work=Nelson Evening Mail |page=3 |volume=73 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19410520.2.40 |title=The elections |date=20 May 1941 |work=[[Otago Daily Times]] |page=6 |issue=24611 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 14 | Walter Eginton | 1941–1959 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19591123.2.82 |title=Citizens' victories in most centres |date=23 November 1959 |work=[[The Press]] |page=12 |volume=98 |issue=29059 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 15 | Herbert Thomason | 1959–1968 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19700613.2.3 |title=Four new knights include P.M. |date=13 June 1970 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=110 |issue=32322 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 16 | Lawrence Krammer | 1968–1974 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19681014.2.15 |title=Sitting mayors beaten in Auckland, Dunedin |date=14 October 1968 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=108 |issue=31809 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |author-link1=Alister Taylor |author-link2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=220}}</ref> |- | align=center | 17 | David Kennedy | 1974–1983 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19750919.2.6 |title=Town clerk likely to sue |date=19 September 1975 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |volume=115 |issue=33952 |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://tasman.govt.nz/document/serve/Minutes%20MMCB10-03-09.pdf?DocID=30185 |title=Minutes: Motueka Community Board |date=9 March 2010 |publisher=Tasman District Council |access-date=4 October 2022}}</ref> |- | align=center | 18 | Claude Teece | 1983–1989 | <ref>{{cite news |url=https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19830903.2.9 |title=Local-body candidates named |date=3 September 1983 |work=[[The Press]] |page=1 |access-date=10 October 2025 |via=[[PapersPast]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/guardian-motueka/docs/1_april_2015/10 |title=Rotary awards |date=1 April 2015 |work=The Guardian Motueka, Tasman & Golden Bay |page=10 |access-date=11 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://issuu.com/waimea-weekly/docs/19_december_2018_-_ww |title=100 years and counting |date=19 December 2018 |first=Amy |last=Russ |work=Waimea Weekly |page=8 |access-date=25 March 2022}}</ref> |}

==See also== * [[List of former local authorities in New Zealand]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

[[Category:Boroughs of New Zealand]] [[Category:1900 establishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:1989 disestablishments in New Zealand]] [[Category:Motueka|Borough]] [[Category:Politics of the Tasman District]]