Mayor of Ruapehu

The Ruapehu District was created in the 1989 local government reforms. The mayor from 1995 to 2001 was Weston Kirton.^[3] Elected to the mayoralty in 2001, Sue Morris sought to brand Ruapehu as more tourist friendly, but faced challenges with maintaining public facilities within a dwindling local economy.^[4] Don Cameron was mayor from 2013 to 2022.^[5][6] After a break of 21 years, Weston Kirton was elected mayor again in 2022.^[3]

^† Died in office

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	Deputy mayor	Portrait	Term	Mayor
1	Weston Kirton		1989–1992[12]	Workman
2	Graeme Cosford		1992–1995[12]
3	Bob Peck		1995–1998[13]	Kirton
4	Bob Vine		1998–2001[14][15]
5	John Compton		2001–2004[16][17]	Morris
6	Craig Woolliams		2004–c. 2006[18][19]
7	Warren Furner		fl.2007–2008[20]
(5)	John Compton		2008–2010[20][21]
8	Don Cameron		2010–2013[21][22]
9	Marion Gillard		2013–2018[†][23]	Cameron
10	Karen Ngatai		2018–2022[24][25]
11	Vivienne Hoeta		2022–2025[26]	Kirton
12	Brenda Ralph		2025–present[26]

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