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.
Click here to view our Infrastructure Fees & Charges [PDF, 33 KB]
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Dust suppression outside your property
Preventing the spraying of vegetation outside your property
The Gore District Council maintains 896km of roads. The majority of our roads (550km) are unsealed. There are also 118 bridges and 100km of footpaths in the District.
We fund road maintenance and renewal work from rates as well as receiving a subsidy for specific projects from the New Zealand Transport Agency (NZTA).
The NZTA is also responsible for state highways in the District.
If you are aware of any issues with roads or footpaths, please tell us, online or phone 03 209 0330.
You will find all the forms required to undertake various activities on our roads, such as applying oil to a metal road, on our Forms page.
All work on roads in the District is carried out by contractors employed by the Council. Our current contractors are
There are a number of factors that determine how frequently gravel roads are graded. The most important are
Other factors include whether sections of a road are hilly or windy.
Our gravel roads are inspected on a four, eight or 12 weekly cycle, depending on these factors.
A road is only graded if an assessment shows it needs to be done. This avoids the cost of excessive grading. A compacting roller that is attached to the grader extends the grading cycle.
Gravel road remetalling
The District's roads are split into four blocks for remetalling, with one block remetalled each year. You can find the schedule in our Annual Plan.
Residents living on gravel roads can apply to have a 100 metre section of road outside their house sealed and 50% of the cost paid by the Council. We will also cover ongoing maintenance costs, including cyclic resealing.
You can apply online and one of our staff will contact you. Alternatively fill in the form below and email to gsmall@goredc.govt.nz.
Eligibility criteria
The following criteria must be met:
Prioritisation of applications
Applications will be prioritised should the number of sites to be sealed exceed the annual budget allocation for this work.
Prioritisation of applications will be based on:
Here is our Dust Suppression Policy [PDF, 153 KB]
Application Form [PDF, 147 KB]
Dust suppressants approved under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HASNO) Act 1996 can be used without a permit from Environment Southland. Residents choosing this option do so at their own cost.
There are five state highways that service the Gore District, reflecting its position as a hub for travel to Otago, Central Otago, Fiordland and Southland.
They are
NZTA and its consultant Opus manage the state highways in the District.
However, you can ring the Council about any state highway issues and we will pass the message on to the relevant organisation.
Some activities, such as street lighting and street sweeping, are carried out by the Council with funding from NZTA.
Gore’s streets are lit by LED street lights. The Council replaced the town's 1304 street lights recently.
LED lights are a better option as they are more energy efficient, have lower maintenance costs and have less light spill into the night sky, which is perfect for star gazers.
Weed spraying of vegetation on urban and rural roadsides is carried out in spring and autumn. The spraying includes the control of rural pest plants and vegetation on footpaths and kerbs.
Residents can opt not to have their frontage sprayed by applying to the Council to go on our No Spray Register. This must be done each year, so if you were on last year’s list you must still apply this year.
To have your property included on the No Spray Register you have to fill in an application form and either email to info@goredc.govt.nz or drop it into our main office in Gore or the Mataura service centre.
No Spray Register form [PDF, 1.2 MB]
Please include a plan clearly and accurately showing your boundaries marked "No Spray". You can include an image from Google Maps if you wish.
Rural applicants must still ensure they keep the road reserve fronting their properties free of noxious weeds and urban applicants must ensure the footpaths and kerb lines are free of vegetation.
An application for inclusion on the No Spray Register is conditional upon the applicant providing written agreement to control their own vegetation to the standard required by the Council. If the property owner fails to keep the frontage in good order, the address will be removed from the register and included in the spraying programme.
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