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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.
The Gore District Council delivers services, facilities and projects following the direction set by elected members. This direction is outlined mainly in the Council's statutory documents - the Long Term Plan and the Annual Plan. We reports progress against these in its Annual Report.
The Council meets every three weeks, usually on a Tuesday, starting at 4.00pm. In 2020, council meetings will be held in the James Cumming Wing lecture theatre on the first floor.
The Council has three committees that meet on a quarterly basis. These are:
Staff also provide bulletins every six weeks for councillors' information. These are:
Community Services - featuring reports on parks and reserves, libraries, communications, the Gore Visitor Centre, Eastern Southland Gallery and Gore Multisports Complex.
Infrastructure and Planning - featuring reports on 3 Waters, transport, regulatory, animal management and building consents.
To read the bulletins click on this link
The Mataura Community Board. It meets on a Monday, at 5.30pm in the Mataura Elderly Citizens Centre, on a six-weekly basis.
There is also the Gore District Youth Council. Click on this link to find information about the youth council
Agendas for all meetings, except those closed to the public for reasons provided by the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987, will be published on our agenda page. To go to the agenda page click on this link.
All meetings are notified in the Council's ChinWag Noticeboard, which appears fortnightly on a Friday in The Ensign.
The Council has a Local Governance Statement, which you can view by clicking on this link [PDF, 373 KB]
The Council is represented on various organisations and joint committees.
Great South is Southland’s Regional Development Agency. With a focus to create better lives for all Southlanders through sustainable development, Great South will work with key stakeholders and Southland residents to encourage regional growth of our culture and lifestyle, economic diversity and overall population.
Environment Southland is the brand name of the Southland Regional Council - the statutory body responsible for managing the region's natural and physical resources of air, land, water and coast.
The Southland District Council covers an area of 30,900km² and has a population of 29,613. It is Southland's largest local authority, extending from Te Anau to Bluff.
Invercargill City Council is the local council for Invercargill city and Bluff. It has a population of more than 51,000 people.
LGNZ represents the national interests of councils in New Zealand and leads best practice in the local government sector. It provides advocacy and policy services, business support, advice and training to its members to assist them to build successful communities throughout New Zealand.
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