Gore District Council is the territorial authority for the Gore District of New Zealand.
The council is led by the mayor of Gore, who is currently . There are also eight ward councillors and three councillors elected at large.
Composition
Councillors
Mayor
Gore ward: Bronwyn Reid, Bret Highsted, Nick Grant, Glenys Dickson, Doug Grant
Mataura ward: Neville Phillips
Waikaka ward: John Gardyne
Waimumu-Kaiwera ward: Stewart MacDonell
Councillors elected at-large: Cliff Bolger, Nicky Davis, Richard McPhail
Community boards
Mataura Community Board: Alan Taylor, Greg Chaffey, Linda Sinclair, Susan Taylor, Steve Dixon
History
The council was established in 1989, directly replacing the Gore and Mataura Borough Councils and part of Southland County Council (established in 1885.) as the Gore District, New Zealand
In 2020, the council had 334 staff, including 28 earning more than $100,000. According to the Taxpayers' Union think tank, residential rates averaged $2,163.