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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.
On this page you will find information relating to Taha Fertilizer Industries storage of up to 10,000 tonnes of ouvea premix and eight tonnes of ammonia sulphate at the former paper mill, in Kana Street, Mataura.
At present the removal of the premix is underway following the signing of a contract with Australian-based company Inalco Processing Ltd. This will see the removal of 22,000 tonnes of the substance from sites in Mataura and Invercargill over the next six years.
More details about the removal of the premix is available on our News page
The Mataura site is presently being monitored for ammonia (NH³) gas emissions to ensure it complies with the consent conditions that specify a limit of 5ppm ammonia discharged to air.
You can look at the readings in real time by clicking on this link
We will publish the monthly reports on this page as they become available. Please note - there were no readings for June and July, due to the company contracted to do the work failing to provide information.
Ammonia (NH³) gas emissions monitor report
2021
2020
2019
2018
A land use consent application by Taha Fetilizer Industries Ltd for the storage of up to 10,000 tonnes of Ouvea Premix and eight tonnes of ammonia sulphate, at the former Mataura paper mill, in Kana Street, was granted retrospectively with conditions.
Taha Fertilizer Industries decision [PDF, 776 KB]
Supplementary information provided to Hearing Commissioners.
Taha Fertilizer Industries' consent application [PDF, 7.2 MB]
The application was publicly notified and 64 submissions were received. The hearing will be before independent commissioners Colin Weatherall, of Dunedin, and David Pullar, of Gore.
Submissions [PDF, 31 MB]
Summary of Submissions [PDF, 577 KB]
Senior Planner's Report [PDF, 477 KB]
Technical Reports for Applicant [PDF, 17 MB]
Appendix VI and VII [PDF, 320 KB]
Public notice of Taha Fertilizer Industries' application [PDF, 387 KB]
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