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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.
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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.
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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.
Ready for Growth is a community-led development strategy for the Gore District. Its overall objective is to grow the Gore District’s population by 1500 people by 2030. Its vision and mission are:
Vision: Rural City Living in action
Mission: For the Gore District to embrace the concept of Rural City Living, to make it the best place in New Zealand to live, work, visit and do business.
Objective: To grow the Gore District population by 1500 people by 2030.
Through extensive community consultation, Ready for Growth has identified a comprehensive overview of the socio-economic conditions required to generate sustainable growth and opportunity across the District. That process was led by a community steering group, chaired by former senior police officer Richard McPhail, and facilitated by the Gore District Council.
In addition to broad community consultation, a youth-focused workshop directed at 12-17 year-olds identified specific needs for leisure and employment opportunities, interactive technology, and innovative attractions to capture the interest of and retain young people within the District.
The Ready for Growth consultation process identified a series of short and medium term projects to deliver outputs including: job creation; inward investment; agri-sector support; improving workforce capability and employability; promoting community wellbeing; infrastructure development; building business and retail capacity; and strengthening and developing commissionable tourism products.
Each of those projects have been grouped within four themes:
• Community Wellbeing
• Attraction
• Business, Development and Workforce
• Facilitating Growth
Ready for Growth action plan summary [PDF, 561 KB]
To date, Ready for Growth has provided a strategic context for the development of significant socio-economic projects, particularly where those projects have relied on applications for external funding.
Over the next few months the Council will continue to progress Ready for Growth. This will include further development of the action plan and progressing Council-led projects that fall within the broad Ready for Growth framework.
CONTACT US
Get in touch if you, or a local organisation you are connected to, have plans for a project that will help promote growth within the Gore District. We can help you understand our community, our economy and the conditions we strive to achieve.
For more information on the Ready for Growth project, please contact Economic Development Coordinator Ceri Macleod on 021 941 198 or via email cmacleod@goredc.govt.nz.
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