Noel Frank Pope (28 September 1931 â 15 August 2019) was a New Zealand local-body politician. He served as Mayor of Tauranga from 1983 to 1989 and again in 1995 to 2001.
In the 1998 Queen's Birthday Honours, Pope was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to local government. He died on 15 August 2019.