Mayor of Tauranga

Mayor of Tauranga
Coat of arms of Tauranga
Incumbent Mahé Drysdale since 2024
Style	His/Her Worship
Seat	Tauranga
Term length	3 years, renewable[a]
Formation	1882
First holder	George Vesey Stewart
Deputy	TBD
Salary	$172,918[1]
Website	Official website

The mayor of Tauranga is the head of local government in Tauranga, New Zealand's fifth-largest city. The mayor presides over the Tauranga City Council. The mayor is directly elected using the single transferable vote method. The current mayor is Mahé Drysdale, elected in the 2024 Tauranga local elections.

On 9 February 2021, a Crown commission appointed by the Minister of Local Government took over all of the council's governance responsibilities, including the vacant position of mayor.

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