| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | South Wairarapa |
| Insigniacaption: | South Wairarapa District Council logo |
| Incumbent: | Martin Connelly |
| Incumbentsince: | 2022 |
| Inaugural: | John Garrity |
| Style: | His/Her Worship |
| Termlength: | Three years |
| Formation: | 1989 |
| Salary: | $105,157[1] |
| Website: | Official website |
| Deputy: | Melissa Sadler-Futter[2] |
The Mayor of South Wairarapa officiates over the South Wairarapa District Council. The office has existed since the 1989 local government reforms, when the Featherston County, Greytown Borough, Featherston Borough and Martinborough Borough were amalgamated.
The current mayor is Martin Connelly.[3]
| Name | Image | Term | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | John Garrity [4] | 1989–1995 | ||
| 2 | John Read | 1995–2004 | ||
| 3 | Adrienne Staples | 2004–2016 | ||
| 4 | Viv Napier[5] | 2016–2019 | ||
| 5 | Alex Beijen | 2019–2022 | ||
| 6 | Martin Connelly | 2022–present |
| Name | Term | Mayor | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Max Stevens | 1992–1995 | Garrity | |
| Mike Gray | 1995–2004 | Read | |
| Viv Napier | 2004–2016 | Staples | |
| Brian Jephson | 2016–2019 | Napier | |
| Garrick Emms | 2019–2022 | Beijen | |
| Melissa Sadler-Futter | 2022–present | Connelly |