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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.
If you are planning to build or renovate, almost all the work you will do needs to meet a number of standards and regulations, such as the Building Act 2004.
It is the Gore District Council’s role, as the Building Consent Authority for the District, to provide building consents for work that needs approval and inspection under the Act. You will find all our building control forms here.
The Act covers building work but there are other regulations that could affect your project. These include Council bylaws, the Resource Management Act, and legislation specifying certain plumbing, gas and electrical work must be done by qualified professionals.
Earthquake-prone buildings is a relatively new area for local authorities. You can find more information about EPBs here.
The Building Code is a set of regulations that define the performance standards buildings must meet. Such standards include how strong an earthquake they must be able to withstand and how much natural light a bedroom must have.
The Code sets minimum standards. You may decide to exceed those standards but you cannot do less than the Code requires.
We have a team of three building control staff, a plumbing and drainage inspector, and two customer service/building control administration officers.
We are here to help you get all the right information you need for your building consents and strongly recommend that you talk to one of our building inspectors in the early planning stages of any major projects. To contact us either phone on 03 209 0330 or email info@goredc.govt.nz.
You may like to get a professional to help with design work, drawings, specifications and documentation as building and resource consent applications can be complex.
For more detailed guidance, please read the publications below.
A Beginner's Guide to Resource and Building Consent Processes
Building Compliance Information Booklet [PDF, 767 KB]
Buildings for everyone: Designing for access and usability
Otago/Southland/Southern Lakes Building Guide 2017 [PDF, 5.4 MB]
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