Mr Munro died on August 4 this year. He was farewelled at a funeral service at Tauranga's Classic Flyers aviation centre days later.
Ms Marriott said the council identified that one of Mr Munro's legacies to the Waitomo district during his term as mayor was the planning and seeing to completion of the cultural and arts centre. She said Mr Munro was proud of the centre.
"Council discussed informally the renaming of the centre to the Les Munro Centre in recognition of, not only his input in ensuring completion of centre, but also to his outstanding contribution to the wider Waitomo community."
Ms Marriott said the proposal to honour the legend was put to the Munro family by Mayor Brian Hanna "and the family are appreciatively supportive of the gesture".
The council agreed to the renaming at a monthly meeting on Wednesday.
"Changes are under way now, with the new signage being prepared for the building."
The name change will involve rebranding of the centre, including promotional material, updates to the council website and advertising editorials.
At Mr Munro's funeral, where more than 600 people gathered, five Harvard aircraft performed an aerial salute known as the "missing man" which was given in memory of fallen pilots.
Earlier this year, Mr Munro offered to sell his World War II medals in an overseas auction to raise funds for the upkeep of a memorial honouring his fallen comrades.
However, British businessman and philanthropist Lord Ashcroft stepped in to withdraw the medals from auction.
Lord Ashcroft offered 75,000 ($175,500) to the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund for the upkeep of the memorial and, in exchange, Mr Munro donated his medals, logbooks and other war memorabilia to the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland.
