Mayor of Te Kuiti

The mayor of Te Kuiti officiated over the Te Kuiti Borough in New Zealand, which was administered by the Te Kuiti Borough Council. The office existed from 1910 until 1976, when the borough merged with Waitomo County to form Waitomo District. ^[1]

List of mayors

The following is a list of the mayors of Te Kuiti.

	Name	Portrait	Term
1	James Boddie		1910–1912 [2]
2	Edwin Henry Hardy		1912–1913 [2]
(1)	James Boddie		1913–1915 [2]
3	Robert Montgomery Somerville		1915–1917 [2]
4	George Finlay		1917–1921 [2]
5	Hubert Hine		1921–1923 [2]
6	Henry Rothery		1923–1927 [2]
7	Walter Broadfoot		1927–1935 [3]
8	Thomas Carroll		1935–1938 [4] [5]
9	Henry Thorne Morton		1938–1944 [6]
10	Kenneth William Low		1944–1965 [7]
11	John Douglas Bayne		1965–1971 [8]
12	Claude Haines		1971–1976

References

1. "The Waitomo District Council". Exceptions annual plan 2011–2012: Appendices (PDF). Waitomo District Council. p. 104. Retrieved 10 October 2025.
2. "The Te Kuiti borough". King Country Chronicle. Vol. 27, no. 4409. 24 June 1933. p. 5.
3. "Appreciation for mayor". King Country Chronicle. Vol. 29, no. 4680. 9 April 1935. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.
4. "Borough of Te Kuiti: election of mayor". King Country Chronicle. Vol. 29, no. 4692. 11 May 1935. p. 4. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.
5. "Swearing-in ceremony". King Country Chronicle. Vol. 32, no. 4642. 20 May 1938. p. 5. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.
6. "Former M.P. dies". The Press . Vol. 106, no. 31238. 9 December 1966. p. 3. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.
7. "Birthday honours list". The Press . Vol. 106, no. 31083. 11 June 1966. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.
8. "Two metropolitan mayors defeated". The Press . Vol. 104, no. 30878. 11 October 1965. p. 1. Retrieved 10 October 2025– via PapersPast.