The mayor of Wairoa officiates over the Wairoa District Council.
Craig Little is the current mayor of Wairoa. He has held the position since 2013.
List of mayors
Died in office Name Portrait Term of office1John Somerville1909–19102Joseph Corkill1910–19173John Mayo1917–19194Joseph Corkill1919–19295Robert T. Esther1929–19316Harry Harker1931–19437M. J. Gemmell1943–19448Clarence V. Chamberlain1944–19539Jack Livingstone1953–195910Robert Shortt1959–197111J. S. Standring1971–1980Michael Barrett1983–1984Cliff Owen1986–1991Derek Fox1995–2001Les Probert2001–2013Craig Little2013–present
List of deputy mayors
+NameTermMayorJohn Hunter Brown1912CorkillUnknown––John McDonald1919–1925CorkillJ. R. Gillespie1925–1928J. Ross1929–1930EstherUnknown––Don Glengarry1933–1934HarkerM. J. Gemmell1934–1943William Henry Flint1943–1944GemmellM. J. Gemmell1944–1947ChamberlainWilliam Henry Flint1947–1949Unknown––John Gardiner Woolf1960ShorttUnknown––K. McEwen1988OwenUnknown–1998–Les Probert1998–2001FoxUnknown2001–ProbertJudy Harrison2003–2004Denise Eaglesome-Karekare2005–2019Hine Flood2019–2022LittleDenise Eaglesome-Karekare2022–2025Benita Cairns2025–present
References