We're World Famous
Gore is:
The World Capital of Brown Trout Fishing - a title earned courtesy of the world class trout fishing in the Mataura River and its tributaries, and the mayfly hatch that lures fly fisherman worldwide.
The New Zealand Capital of Country Music - Tussock Country is New Zealand's biggest country music festival. It features the NZ Gold Guitar Awards, the longest running country music talent quest in the country, the New Zealand Country Music Awards, Freeze Ya Bit Off Busking, the Ute Muster and much more.
Home to Sergeant Dan - back in the day when porridge was on everyone's breakfast menu Creamoata was king. Milled in Gore, Sgt Dan became a marketing icon for creamoata. This iconic figure still looks over the town's Main Street today.
Hokonui Moonshine - the illicit whisky industry of our past is a major tourist attraction today.
Eastern Southland Gallery - with its John Money Collection featuring works from some of our national artistic treasures, the Ralph Hotere permanent display, and steady flow of works my major contemporary artists, it's no surprise some call it the Goreggenheim.
