The Mayor of Waitakere was the head of the municipal government of Waitakere City, New Zealand

New Zealand

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, and presided over the Waitakere City Council. Waitakere City was New Zealand's fifth largest city

Territorial authorities of New Zealand

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. It was part of the Auckland region

Auckland Region

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. It was abolished on 31 October 2010 and has since been incorporated in the Auckland metropolitan area.

History

The city was formed by the amalgamation of Waitemata City with the boroughs of Henderson, New Lynn, and Glen Eden in the 1989 re-organisation of local government. On 31 October 2010, the city council was abolished and the area incorporated into the Auckland super city, coming under the leadership of the Mayor of Auckland

Mayor of Auckland

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, Len Brown

Len Brown

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Electoral system

The elected council consisted of the Mayor

Mayor

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 and 14 councillors representing the four wards:

• Henderson Ward (4 councillors)
• Massey Ward (4 councillors)
• New Lynn Ward (4 councillors)
• Waitakere Ward (2 councillors)

The mayor was directly elected across the whole city council area using a First Past the Post electoral system. Each electoral term was for three years. The last mayor was Bob Harvey

Bob Harvey (mayor)

Robert "Bob" Harvey QSO is the mayor of Waitakere City, one of the four cities which make up the Auckland urban area in New Zealand...

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List of Mayors of Waitakere

	Name	Term	Notes
1	Assid Corban Assid Corban Assid Khaleel Corban OBE JP is a politician and company director. He was the first Mayor of Waitakere and previously Mayor of the Henderson Borough Council.-Political career:...	1989–1992
2	Bob Harvey Bob Harvey (mayor) Robert "Bob" Harvey QSO is the mayor of Waitakere City, one of the four cities which make up the Auckland urban area in New Zealand...	1992–2010