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The Gore District Council is made up of 11 Councillors and a Mayor. The Mayor is elected district-wide. Here you can find out how to contact your councillor and the Code of Conduct they work by.
This is where you will find information about how the Council works, our meetings and agendas, and the management team.
Here you will find out all about our youth council, its meetings and what it does during the year.
A good chinwag has always been at the heart of community. We recognise this and seek to revive the art of conversation with the introduction of a new community digital newsletter, ChinWag. It will replace our monthly Noticeboard page and the Hokonui Herald.
Road conditions, tenders and all the latest public notices can be found here
Find out about your rates, rates rebates and payment options as well as search our properties database.
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You will find information about such things as special licences, manager's certificates, fees & charges and district licensing committees here.
You will find information about keeping animals in urban areas, dog control, being a responsible dog owner and dog registration obligations here
You will find information about getting a building consent, accessing building forms, fence and boundary rules, LIM reports and Restricted Building Work here
You will information here about the District's six cemeteries and burial costs.
You will find information here about the District Plan, resource consents and air quality.
Here you will find information about trees, long grass and overhanging foliage, and noise control.
Here you will find information about road conditions, road safety and our footpaths.
Here you will find information about drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and trade waste. There are also details about Gore's main water supply Cooper's Wells.
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In this section you will find information about our award winning public gardens, sports grounds, playgrounds, walkways and cycleways, and all things outdoors.
You will information here about the District's six cemeteries and burial costs.
With a thriving arts and heritage department, these pages have details about our key attractions in Gore, Mataura and Mandeville.
You will find information here on our library services, catalogue and regular features at Gore and Mataura.
A full list of our facilities and their opening hours is available here.
The Gore District is known as the events capital of the south. Here you will find out why.
Here you will find information about community organisations available for support or guidance, as well as places to eat, stay and see if you are a visitor.
A good chinwag has always been at the heart of community. We recognise this and seek to revive the art of conversation with the introduction of a new community digital newsletter, ChinWag. It will replace our monthly Noticeboard page and the Hokonui Herald.
The Council likes to make things easy for our customers and promotes direct debit payments for rates. Here you will find information about this and other payment options we have for our many services.
Whether it's our cemeteries database, properties in the District, library catalogue or events calendar, you will find the link here.
The Gore District:
The Gore District Council has 3816 rating units in Gore, 800 rating units in Mataura and 1348 rural rating units.
Gore is home to Creamoata and Sgt Dan, and this iconic figure still looks over the town's Main Street today.
The world class fishing on the Mataura River and its tributaries has earned the District the title of World Capital of Brown Trout Fishing. Gore's large brown trout statue is a national icon and photographed by thousands of tourists each year.
Gore is also the New Zealand Capital of Country Music, hosting the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards and the New Zealand Country Music Awards during a week-long festival around Queens Birthday Weekend (first weekend in June). The Hands of Fame statue, featuring the hand prints of many famous country music singers and songwriters, is another tourist attraction.
Gore was named after New Zealand Governor Thomas Gore-Browne and the settlement was initially established around a ford on the Mataura River. The District is known to southern Maori as Maruawai - Valley of Water. Many business and organisations in the district also incorporate Hokonui in their name with the Hokonui Hills an important feature of our landscape.
The last intertribal Maori conflict, the discovery of gold and the Hokonui moonshine illicit whisky industry are just some of the attributes that have contributed to the District's colourful heritage.
The first Scottish settlers arrived here in 1855 and since then the landscape has progressively developed from tussock, bush and native wetlands to lush farmland. The Romney sheep was the backbone of the rural economy for many years and there is a statue to the breed in Gore's Main Street.
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