Mayor of Waitomo

Mayor of Waitomo
Incumbent John Robertson since 2019
Style	His/Her Worship
Term length	Three years, renewable
Inaugural holder	Les Munro
Formation	1989
Deputy	Eady Manawaiti [1]
Salary	$115,856 [2]
Website	Official website

The mayor of Waitomo officiates over the Waitomo District Council. ^[3]

John Robertson is the current mayor of Waitomo. ^[4] He was elected mayor in 2019. ^{[5] [6]}

List of mayors

Mayor	Portrait	Term of office
Les Munro		1980–1995 [7]
Wallace Bain		1995–1998 [8]
Steve Parry		1998–2001 [9]
Mark Ammon		2001–2010 [10]
Brian Hanna		2010–2019 [11]
John Robertson		2019–present [11]

References

1. "Firsts for Waitomo District Council's Elected Members". Waitomo District Council. 29 October 2025.
2. Edmunds, Susan (13 June 2024). "How much your local council gets paid". RNZ . Retrieved 31 December 2024.
3. "Your Council". waitomo.govt.nz. Waitomo District Council.
4. "2025 Triennial Elections Declaration of Result" (PDF). Electionz. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
5. Gardner, Chris (4 January 2013). "Hanna to seek second term in Waitomo". Fairfax New Zealand. Waikato Times.
6. "New mayors for central North Island districts". Radio New Zealand. RNZ. 13 October 2019.
7. Gillespie, Kiri (30 October 2015). "Town set to honour Dambusters legend". Bay of Plenty Times . New Zealand Herald.
8. Mather, Mike (24 May 2021). "Matters of life and death: Former coroner Wallace Bain's new book covers the lessons that can be learned from tragic ends". Waikato Times . Stuff.
9. "Esteemed manager". Otago Daily Times . 20 October 2012.
10. "Tight fight brews as newcomers join race". Waikato Times . Stuff. 10 September 2010.
11. Jacobs, Maxine (14 October 2019). "Waitomo mayor wins on no rate increases for two years, but can he deliver?". Waikato Times . Stuff.