{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox legislature | name = Gore District Council | native_name = | native_name_lang = mi | legislature = | coa_pic = | coa_res = | coa_alt = | coa_caption = | logo_pic = File:Gore District Council logo.svg | logo_res = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | house_type = Unicameral | houses = | jurisdiction = Gore District, New Zealand | term_limits = None | foundation = {{Start date|1989|03|06|df=yes}} | preceded_by = | new_session = | leader1_type = [[Mayor of Gore|Mayor]] | leader1 = {{NZ officeholder data|Gore District Mayor|y||}} | leader1_term = | party1 = | election1 = | leader2_type = Deputy mayor | leader2 = Joe Stringer<ref name="Kelly">{{cite news|first=Rachael |last=Kelly |title=Gore’s new council sworn in |url=https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360867946/gores-new-council-sworn |publisher=[[The Press]] |date=30 October 2025 |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref> | party2 = | election2 = | leader2_term = | seats = 12 (1 mayor, 8 ward seats, 3 other seats) | house1 = | committees1 = | term_length = 3 years | voting_system1 = | first_election1 = | next_election1 = | motto = | meeting_place = | website = {{URL|goredc.govt.nz}} | footnotes = }} '''Gore District Council''' is the [[territorial authorities of New Zealand|territorial authority]] for the [[Gore District, New Zealand|Gore District]] of [[New Zealand]].<ref name="aboutcouncil">{{cite web |title=About Gore District Council |url=http://www.goredc.govt.nz/your-council/elected-representatives/ |website=goredc.govt.nz|publisher=Gore District Council}}</ref>
The council is led by the [[mayor of Gore]], who is currently {{NZ officeholder data|Gore District Mayor|y||}}. There are also eight ward councillors and three councillors elected at large.<ref name="aboutcouncil" />
==Composition== ===Councillors=== Councillors for the 2025-2028 term are:<ref name="2025 results">{{cite web |title=2025 Triennial Elections DECLARATION OF RESULT |url=https://www.electionz.com/LGE2025Results/ELT74GO25_Result.pdf |website=www.electionz.com |publisher=[[Gore District Council]] |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref><ref name="Kelly"/> * Mayor: [[Ben Bell]] * District-wide ward: Joe Stringer (deputy mayor), Torrone Smith, Neville Phillips * Gore ward: Mel Cupit, Paul McPhail, Andy Fraser, Robert McKenzie, Donna Bruce * Gore rural ward: John Gardyne, Stewart MacDonell * Mataura ward: Nicky Coats
===Community boards===
* Mataura Community Board: Steven Dixon, Michelle Hamilton, Tanya Rowling, Laurel Turnbull<ref name="2025 results"/>
==History==
The council was established in 1989, directly replacing the Gore and Mataura Borough Councils and part of Southland County Council (established in 1885.<ref name="gore">{{Cite web |url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/Gore/Gore/en |title=Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 1966: Gore |access-date=6 February 2021 |archive-date=6 September 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080906151742/http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/Gore/Gore/en |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="FraserB">{{cite book |last1=Fraser |first1=B |title=The New Zealand Book of Events |date=1986 |publisher=Reed Methuen |location=Auckland}}</ref>) 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 lobby group, residential rates averaged $2,163.<ref name="RatepayersReport">{{cite web |title=Ratepayers Report |url=https://www.ratepayersreport.nz/ |website=ratepayersreport.nz |publisher=Taxpayers' Union |access-date=6 February 2021 |archive-date=8 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208225400/https://www.ratepayersreport.nz/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.goredc.govt.nz Official website]
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[[Category:Gore District, New Zealand]] [[Category:Politics of the Southland Region]] [[Category:Territorial authorities of New Zealand]]