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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.
Bringing the Gore District community together and celebrating the achievements of the people who live here are the focus of the many events the Council organises or is involved with throughout the year.
For the latest on what's on in the District visit our events calendar at gorenz.com.
Gore District Community Awards
Santa Parade/Christmas in the Park
There are also key destinational events that bring New Zealand to our doorstep. These are:
Tussock Country - a nine-day festival celebrating all things country music. Tussock Country embraces all the traditional events of Gore's country music festival as well as some new ones.
Hokonui Moonshiners' Festival - this is held every second Summer in Gore's heritage precinct, on Hokonui Drive. The District's illicit moonshine industry is the inspiration, and there's themed food and refreshments. Great music completes this outdoor event. The next festival will be held on 16 February 2019.
MLT New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards - every Queens Birthday weekend country music artists with stars in their eyes flock to New Zealand's country music capital, Gore. The Gold Guitars is run over three days and attracts over 1000 people to its shows each night.
MLT Hokonui Fashion Design Awards - the only fashion awards of their kind in New Zealand, celebrating amateur fashion designers. This is a top class event, held annually the last weekend in July. Judges have included Denise L'Estrange Corbet and Francis Hooper, of WORLD, Karen Walker, Nic Blanchet, Trelise Cooper, Kate Sylvester, Tanya Carlson, and Margi Robertson, of NomD.
Southern Field Days - the second biggest agricultural field days in New Zealand, field days is where town and country get together, where innovation is showcased and business deals done. It attracts over 40,000 people every second year. The next field days is in 2020.
If you are organising a fundraiser or an event you may need to obtain various licences and/or permits, depending on what you propose to do. Click here to learn more.
Gore District Council 29 Bowler Avenue Gore P: 03 209 0330 E: info@goredc.govt.nz
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