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

Community boards

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.