21 Women mayors of places in New Zealand

Barbara Wendy Arnott is a New Zealand politician. She served as the 18th mayor of Napier between 2001 and 2013, and was the first female mayor of the city.

Georgina Beyer is a New Zealand politician and former Labour Party Member of Parliament. She was the world's first openly transgender mayor, as well as the world's first openly transgender Member of Parliament. She is also among a very small number of former sex workers to hold political office.

Jennifer Sylvia Brash is a former Mayor of Porirua, New Zealand. Prior to being mayor in 1998–2010, she served nine years as a city councillor. She is currently a councillor on the Greater Wellington Regional Council.

Vicki Susan Buck is a New Zealand politician. She was Mayor of Christchurch for nine years from 1989 to 1998. She retired after three terms, having been very popular. She made a political comeback, standing in the 2013 local elections in the Riccarton-Wigram ward as councillor for Christchurch City Council, being returned with the highest number of votes across all city wards. She subsequently accepted the role of deputy mayor.

Frana Grace Cardno was a New Zealand local-body politician. She served as Mayor of Southland District from 1992 until 2013, becoming the longest-serving female mayor in New Zealand's history.

Margaret Ann Hartley is a former New Zealand member of parliament, a former Mayor of North Shore City, and a member of the Labour Party.

Takapuna is a suburb on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it was the seat of the North Shore City Council before amalgamation into Auckland Council in 2010 and contains substantial shopping and entertainment areas, acting as a CBD for the North Shore.

Margaret Joy Kouvelis is a New Zealand local-body politician. She was the 5th Mayor of Manawatu, holding the position from 2012 to 2016.

Annette Kay Main is a New Zealand local-body politician. She served as mayor of Whanganui from 2010 to 2016, and was the first woman to hold that office.

The Mayor of Gore officiates over the Gore District of New Zealand's South Island. Prior to local government reorganisation in 1989, the Mayor of Gore officiated over the Gore Borough.

Dame Kerry Leigh Prendergast was the 33rd Mayor of Wellington between 2001 and 2010, succeeding Mark Blumsky. She was the second woman to hold the position, after Fran Wilde.

Maureen Helena Pugh is a New Zealand politician who is a Member of Parliament for the National Party. She has twice appeared to have won a list seat based on preliminary results, then missed out on a seat when the final results came in, then entered Parliament anyway to replace a retiring MP. In her third election, in 2020, she outright won a list seat.

Rachel Hadley Reese is a New Zealand local-body politician. She is the mayor of Nelson, having been elected in October 2013. Her election made her Nelson's first female mayor.

The Mayor of Whangarei is the directly elected head of the Whangarei District Council, the local government authority for the Whangarei District in New Zealand, which it controls as a territorial authority. The position has existed since 27 October 1896, when the Whangarei Borough Council was constituted. Later the mayor presided over Whangarei City Council. The position has existed in its present form since 1 November 1989, following the amalgamation of Whangarei County Council, Whangarei City Council and Hikurangi Town Board. The mayor is supported by a deputy mayor.

Heather Leigh Tanguay is a New Zealand politician who served for twelve years on the Palmerston North City Council, being Mayor from 2004 to 2007. She takes a leading role in the community, has served in many official positions and received national awards for taking the lead in initiating social programmes to build diversity and support those who are disadvantaged.

Dame Catherine Anne Tizard, is a New Zealand politician who served as Mayor of Auckland City from 1983 to 1990, and the 16th Governor-General of New Zealand from 1990 to 1996. She was the first woman to hold either office.

Dame Sukhinder Kaur Gill Turner, commonly known as Sukhi Turner, is an Indian-born-New Zealand politician who served as the Mayor of Dunedin, New Zealand, from 1995 until her retirement from the position in 2004. She was also regarded by some as New Zealand's most prominent politician from the country's Indian community.

Celia Margaret Wade-Brown is a New Zealand politician who served as the 34th Mayor of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand, from 2010 until 2016.

Jacqueline Jill White, known as Jill White, is a former New Zealand Labour Party politician, and a registered nurse.

Dame Frances Helen Wilde is a New Zealand politician, and former Wellington Labour member of parliament, Minister of Tourism and Mayor of Wellington. She was the first woman to serve as Mayor of Wellington. She was chairperson of the Greater Wellington Regional Council from 2007 until 2015, and since 2019 she has chaired the board of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.

Elizabeth Yates was the mayor of Onehunga borough in New Zealand for most of 1894. She was the first female mayor anywhere in the British Empire. Outside of the British Empire, she was preceded by Susanna M. Salter who was elected mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887. Onehunga is now part of the city of Auckland.