Mayor of Gisborne

Mayor of Gisborne
Coat of arms of Gisborne
Incumbent Rehette Stoltz since  2019
Style	His/Her Worship
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	William Fitzgerald Crawford
Formation	1877
Deputy	Aubrey Ria [1]
Salary	$158,068 [2]
Website	Official website

The mayor of Gisborne is the elected head of local government in the Gisborne District of New Zealand's North Island; one of 67 mayors in the country. The mayor is based in the principle city (and namesake) of the district, Gisborne. The mayor presides over the Gisborne District Council and is directly elected using the single transferable vote method.

Rehette Stoltz is the current mayor of Gisborne. ^[3]

List of mayors of Gisborne

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	William Fitzgerald Crawford		1877–1878
2	Thomas William Porter		1878–1881
3	Charles Debenham Bennett		1881–1882
4	Edward Knight Brown		1882–1883
(2)	Thomas William Porter		1883–1884
5	Cecil de Lautour		1884–1885
6	Allan McDonald		1885–1886
7	Henry Lewis		1886
(2)	Thomas William Porter		1886–1887
8	William Tucker		1887–1889
(5)	Cecil de Lautour		1889–1890
9	John Townley		1890–1908
10	Douglas Lysnar		1908–1911
11	William Pettie		1911–1913
12	James Robert Kirk		1913–1914
13	William Grice Sherratt		1914–1919
14	George Wildish		1919–1927
15	Charles Edward Armstrong		1927–1928
16	David Coleman		1928–1933
17	John Jackson		1933–1935
(16)	David Coleman		1935–1941
18	Noel Henry Bull		1941–1950
19	Harry Barker		1950–1977
20	Richard White		1977–1983
21	Hink Healey		1983–1989
22	John Clarke		1989–2001
23	Meng Foon		2001–2019
24	Rehette Stoltz		2019–present

References

1. "Milestone day for new council". Gisborne District Council. Retrieved 29 October 2025.
2. Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
3. "Councillor contact details". gdc.govt.nz. Gisborne District Council.