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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.
This is where you can find information about:
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.
This is where you can find information about:
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 Councillors are elected across five wards that represent the urban and rural areas of the District. There are five councillors in the Gore ward, three councillors elected district-wide and the Mataura, Kaiwera-Waimumu and Waikaka wards have one councillor each.
Gore District Councillors 2016 (from left) Crs Neville Phillips, Bret Highsted, Graham Sharp, Bronwyn Reid, Nicky Davis, John Gardyne, Mayor Tracy Hicks, Crs Glenys Dickson, Cliff Bolger, Ralph Beale and Doug Grant. Absent Cr Peter Grant.
Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks JP
| Email: | tracy.hicks@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 209 0341 (DDI work) |
| 0274 673 073 (mobile) |
Cr Cliff Bolger (District-wide ward)
| Email: | cbolger@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 203 8327 (home) |
Cr Nicky Davis (District-wide ward)
| Email: | ndavis@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 027 273 7470 |
Cr Peter Grant (District-wide ward)
| Email: | pgrant@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 208 7267 (home) |
| 027 433 0406 (mobile) |
Cr Bret Highsted (Gore ward)
| Email: | bhighsted@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 027 553 8463 (mobile) |
Cr Ralph Beale (Gore ward)
| Email: | rbeale@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 208 4788 (home) |
| 027 864 2233 (mobile) |
Cr Glenys Dickson (Gore ward)
| Email: | gdickson@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 208 9406 (home) |
| 027 208 9406 (mobile) |
Cr Doug Grant (Gore ward)
| Email: | dgrant@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 027 668 8891 (mobile) |
Cr Bronwyn Reid (Gore ward)
| Email: | breid@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 208 4778 (home) |
| 021 0223 3362 (mobile) |
Cr Neville Phillips (Mataura ward)
| Email: | nphillips@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 203 8966 (home) |
| 027 229 9601 (mobile) |
Cr John Gardyne (Waikaka ward)
| Email: | jgardyne@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 207 2723 (home) |
| 027 223 3736 (mobile) |
Cr Graham Sharp (Waimumu-Kaiwera ward)
| Email: | gsharp@goredc.govt.nz |
| Phone: | 03 208 1937 (home) |
| 027 669 1353 (mobile) |
The Gore District has one community board. It serves the second largest urban area in the district, Mataura. The board has five members.
They are:
Alan Taylor
Ph: (03) 203 8495 (home)
0274-537-012 (mobile)
Greg Chaffey
Ph: (03) 203-7351 (home)
Geoff Colvin
Ph: (03) 203-8120 (home)
027-276-5307 (mobile)
Linda Sinclair
Ph: (03) 203-8065 (home)
Susan Taylor
Ph: (03) 2034861 (home)
021-223-2626 (mobile)
Gore District Council 29 Bowler Avenue Gore P: 03 209 0330 E: info@goredc.govt.nz
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