Gore District Library

General information

About the Gore District

The District is located in the deep south of the South Island, New Zealand. By road it is 150km south west of Dunedin and 60km north east of Invercargill and 160 km south of Queenstown. There are international airports in both Dunedin and Queenstown.
The district covers an area of 1250km² and has a population of about 12,300. The two main towns are Gore and Mataura with the smaller settlements of Pukerau, Waikaka and Mandeville.

The District has a strong agricultural sector with a burgeoning dairy industry. Trout fishing in the Mataura River and its tributaries attracts national and international visitors each year, as do the New Zealand Gold Guitar Awards and the Hokonui Fashion Design Awards. Gore also boasts a strong arts and heritage sector, centred on the Eastern Southland Gallery and its internationally acclaimed John Money Wing.

MONITORING
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• Overtly political statements
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Should a conversation be deemed by the Council to be of a slanderous nature, we reserve the right to remove the entire thread; and block those who raise the issue again.

Council will block users who have already had one inappropriate post removed and make a second such post.