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New Free Water Safety Skills Programme Approved

The Gore District Council has managed to pull together a funding package to ensure primary school children within its boundaries...

Consumer survey provides interesting insights

Better customer service and opening on Saturday and Sunday are among suggestions to improve Gore’s business and hospitality sector, according...

Free Swimming Lessons For Children Cancelled

The Gore District’s popular free swimming lessons for primary school children have become a casualty of COVID-19. Gore Aquatics Services Manager...

Store Closure Presents Opportunities

Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks said the downsizing of H & J Smith’s Gore store was a major blow for...

Extra weekly rubbish bin collection for new service

The Gore District Council has listened to residents’ concerns about its new waste collection service and will provide an extra...

Free green waste disposal part of new waste package

Free disposal of green waste, and cardboard and aluminium can recycling collection bins are among improvements to the Gore District...

Council working with businesses to restart economy

The Gore District is well placed to restart its economy post COVID-19, says Gore District Mayor Tracy Hicks. His comments come after...

Council provides rates relief during COVID-19

The Gore District Council is offering ratepayers who are experiencing financial hardship due to COVID-19 an opportunity to defer their...

Zoom meeting a first for GDC

The COVID-19 level 4 lockdown has meant a lot of changes to the way we work, the way we connect...

COVID-19 Forces Council to Close Facilities

The Gore District Council has this afternoon decided to close the Gore and Mataura libraries, and Gore Multisports Complex at...

Gore's iconic country music festival cancelled

Given the ongoing response to the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic, the New Zealand Country Music Festival Trust has made...

New Pyramid Bridge construction tested by flood waters

Pyramid Bridge flooding before and after video The new Pyramid Bridge faced one of its toughest tests in last month’s flooding...

Bikers help with exposed landfill clean-up

A team of about 25 volunteers turned up yesterday (Thursday 27.2) to start the massive task of cleaning up rubbish...

Interim fix for exposed old landfill

The Gore District Council is planning on having an interim fix in place by early next week for the old...

Council moves quickly on old landfill exposure

The Gore District Council is moving quickly to prevent any harmful effects from the exposure of an old landfill site. Last...

Mataura dross removal update

A deal to fast track the removal of 10,000 tonnes of aluminium dross, stored at the former Mataura paper mill,...

Southland Mayoral Relief Fund Open for Applications

21 homes affected by flood waters

Flood waters entered 21 homes in the Gore District during this week’s civil defence emergency. An assessment of the worst affected...

Mataura Residents Return Home

Mataura was reopened to residents at 6.00pm tonight. There is still some areas of surface flooding. The worst affected areas are: ...

Ouvea premix not affected by flood waters

Assessments this morning of the ouvea premix stored in the former Mataura paper mill found it has not been affected...