| Year | Name |
| 1862 to 1863 | John Hall |
| 1863 to 1864 | John Ollivier |
| 1865 | Isaac Luck |
| 1866 | E B Bishop |
| 1867 | W Wilson |
Past Chairs, Mayors and Deputy Mayors.
Chair
Mayor
| Year | Name |
| 1868 | W Wilson |
| 1869 | J Anderson |
| 1870 | A Duncan |
| 1871 | J P Jameson |
| 1872 | H Sawtell |
| 1873 | E B Bishop |
| 1874 | M B Hart |
| 1875 to 1876 | F Hobbs |
| 1877 | J Gapes |
| 1878 | H Thomson |
| 1879 to 1880 | C T Ick |
| 1881 | J Gapes |
| 1882 to 1883 | J G Ruddenklau |
| 1884 to 1885 | C P Hulbert |
| 1886 to 1887 | A Ayers |
| 1888 to 1889 | C Louisson |
| 1890 | S Manning |
| 1891 | C M Gray |
| 1892 | W Prudhoe |
| 1893 | Eden George |
| 1894 | T Gapes |
| 1895 | W H Cooper |
| 1896 | H J Beswick |
| 1897 | W H Cooper |
| 1898 to 1899 | C Louisson |
| 1900 | W Reece |
| 1901 | A E G Rhodes |
| 1902 to 1903 | H F Wigram |
| 1904 to 1905 | C M Gray |
| 1906 | Hon Sir John Hall KCMG |
| 1907 | George Payling |
| 1908 to 1910 | C Allison |
| 1911 | T E Taylor |
| 1911 to 1912 | J J Dougall |
| 1912 to 1919 | H Holland CBE |
| 1919 to 1923 | H T J Thacker |
| 1923 to 1925 | J A Flesher OBE |
| 1925 to 1931 | J K Archer MLC |
| 1931 to 1936 | D G Sullivan MP |
| 1936 to 1938 | J W Beanland |
| 1938 to 1941 | Sir Robert Macfarlane CMG |
| 1941 to 1950 | Sir Ernest Andrews CBE |
| 1950 to 1958 | Sir Robert Macfarlane CMG |
| 1958 to 1968 | Sir George Manning CMG |
| 1968 to 1971 | Ron Guthrey OBE MC |
| 1971 to 1974 | Neville Pickering MBE |
| 1974 to 1989 | Sir Hamish Hay |
| 1989 to 1998 | Vicki Buck |
| 1998 to 2007 | Garry Moore CNZM |
| 2007 to 2013 | Sir Bob Parker KNZM |
| 2013 to 2022 | Lianne Dalziel CNZM |
| 2022 to present | Phil Mauger |
Deputy Mayor
| Year | Name |
| 1917 to 1919 | A Williams |
| 1919 to 1921 | J W Beanland |
| 1921 to 1923 | J A Flesher |
| 1923 to 1925 | A McKellar |
| 1925 to 1927 | C P Agar |
| 1927 to 1929 | D G Sullivan |
| 1929 to 1931 | H T J Thacker |
| 1931 to 1935 | J K Archer |
| 1935 to 1936 | J W Beanland |
| 1936 to 1938 | E H Andrews |
| 1938 to 1941 | J S Barnett |
| 1941 to 1947 | M E Lyons |
| 1947 to 1950 | J N Clarke |
| 1950 to 1958 | G Manning |
| 1958 to 1959 | L G Amos |
| 1971 to 1974 | Hon Sir Robert Macfarlane KCMG |
| 1974 to 1980 | P J R Skellerup, CBE |
| 1980 to 1983 | R Lester |
| 1983 to 1989 | Maurice R Carter, OBE |
| 1989 to 1998 | Morgan Fahey, OBE |
| 1998 to 2004 | Lesley Keast |
| 2005 to 2007 | Carole Evans |
| 2008 to 2010 | Norm Withers |
| 2011 to 2013 | Ngaire Button |
| 2013 to 2016 | Vicki Buck |
| 2016 to 2022 | Andrew Turner |
| 2022 to present | Pauline Cotter |