The mayor of Hurunui officiates over the

Hurunui District Hurunui District is a territorial local government district within the Canterbury Region on the east coast of New Zealand's South Island, north of Christchurch. It stretches from the east coast to the Main Divide. Its land area is . Local gover ...

of New Zealand's

South Island The South Island, also officially named , is the larger of the two major islands of New Zealand in surface area, the other being the smaller but more populous North Island. It is bordered to the north by Cook Strait, to the west by the Tasman ...

. The district is administered by a district council. The current mayor is Marie Black, elected in the

2019 New Zealand local elections The 2019 New Zealand local elections were triennial elections to select local government officials and district health board members. Under section 10 of the Local Electoral Act 2001, a "general election of members of every local authority or ...

. Hurunui District was formed in the

1989 local government reforms The 1989 New Zealand local government reform was the most significant reform of local government in New Zealand in over a century. Some 850 local bodies were amalgamated into 86 local authorities, made up of regional and territorial levels. Backg ...

through the amalgamation of Amuri County, Cheviot County, and Ashley County. The last chairman of Amuri County, John Chaffey, became the first mayor of Hurunui District. Chaffey was still mayor in 1999. Subsequent to the October 2001 elections, Tony Arps was mayor. Garry Jackson was mayor from 2004 to 2010, when he retired. Winton Dalley was the mayor of Hurunui from 2010 to 2019.

List of officeholders

Since its formation in 1989, Hurunui District has had five mayors. The following is a complete list:

References

{{Mayors in New Zealand Hurunui Hurunui Hurunui District Hurunui