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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:
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.
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.
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.
Restricted Building Work (RBW) is design and building work that is critical to the integrity of a residential building. It was introduced into the Building Act in 2012 and its aim is to ensure a building is structurally sound and weather-tight.
RBW only relates to residential construction, alterations and design. Residential means houses and small to medium sized apartment buildings. To find out if your building project is Restricted Building Work, visit the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment website.
Licensed Building Practitioners (LBPs) are the only people allowed to supervise or carry out Restricted Building Works (RBW). These are people who through assessment have shown to meet the standards of skill and competence in particular areas of building practice.
They include, but are not limited to:
Professional engineers, architects, plumbers and gasfitters are treated as LBP and can carry out some RBW.
You need to:
Owner-builders are able to carry out or design restricted building work (RBW) on their own home.
You are an owner-builder if you:
Before you can use the owner-builder exemption you need a written declaration showing that you meet the owner-builder criteria.
Form 2B - Owner Builder Statutory Declaration [PDF, 39 KB]
The statutory declaration form has to be witnessed and signed by a Justice of the Peace or someone else authorised by law do so. This form needs to be given to the Council with your application for a building consent, or before the construction of RBW on your home starts.
It is an offence under the Crimes Act 1961 to give false information in a Statutory Declaration, and it is also an offence under the Building Act 2004 to give false information.
Please ask our Building Control team if you want more information on the owner-builder exemption. Phone 03 209 0330 or email info@goredc.govt.nz.
Gore District Council 29 Bowler Avenue Gore P: 03 209 0330 E: info@goredc.govt.nz
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