Wayne Brown (New Zealand politician)

His Worship Wayne Brown
Brown in 2024
3rd Mayor of Auckland
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 October 2022
Deputy	Desley Simpson
Preceded by	Phil Goff
4th Mayor of Far North
In office October 2007 – October 2013
Deputy	Sally Macauley (2007–2010) Ann Court (2010–2013)
Preceded by	Yvonne Sharp
Succeeded by	John Carter
Personal details
Born	Wayne Kelvin Forrest Brown[1] (1946-08-22) 22 August 1946 (age 77) Auckland, New Zealand
Political party	Independent
Spouse	Toni Brown ​ (m. 1974)​
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Auckland Auckland Grammar School
Profession	Engineer businessman

Wayne Kelvin Forrest Brown (born 22 August 1946) is a New Zealand politician and the mayor of Auckland since the 2022 Auckland mayoral election.^[2] He has worked in leadership roles in several large New Zealand businesses and public infrastructure organisations.^[3] He was mayor of the Far North District Council from 2007 to 2013.

Born in Auckland in 1946, Brown studied engineering at the University of Auckland before becoming a property developer in the Bay of Islands. He has also served as a director of TVNZ, Māori TV, Transpower, Vector Ltd, and was once chair of the Land Transport Safety Authority. He entered politics in 2007, winning the mayoralty of the Far North District in a landslide. After criticism for the collusion of his business and personal interests, a third term was denied to him almost as emphatically in 2013. He became the 3rd Mayor of Auckland after winning the 2022 Auckland mayoral election.