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'''Gore''' ({{langx|mi|Maruawai}}) is a town and [[Gore District, New Zealand|district]] in the [[Southland Region|Southland]] region of the [[South Island]] of New Zealand. It has a resident population of {{NZ population data 2018|Gore|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||.}} Gore is known for its [[country music]] scene and hosts an annual country music festival. The town is also surrounded by farmland and is an important centre for [[agriculture in New Zealand|agriculture]] in the region.

==Geography==
The town of Gore is located on [[State Highway 1 (New Zealand)|State Highway 1]], 64&nbsp;kilometres northeast of [[Invercargill]] and 70&nbsp;km west of [[Balclutha, New Zealand|Balclutha]] &ndash; [[Dunedin]] and Invercargill are the nearest cities. The [[Gore District, New Zealand|Gore District]] has a resident population of {{NZ population data 2018|Gore district|y|y|y|(|).}} The urban area estimated resident population in {{NZ population data 2018|||y}} was {{NZ population data 2018|Gore|y}}, the second largest in Southland.<ref name="NZ_population_data_2018"/> Gore is a service town for the surrounding farm communities. It is divided by the [[Mataura River]] into Gore and East Gore, the majority of the town being situated on the western banks of the river. The town is situated on the eastern edge of the [[Hokonui Hills]], and many of its surrounding farmlands are located within foothills.

The [[Main South Line]] railway from [[Christchurch]] to Invercargill runs through the town, though passenger services ceased in 2002 with the cancellation of the Southerner. Gore was once a busy railway junction; the [[Waimea Plains Railway]] ran west to connect with the [[Kingston Branch]] in [[Lumsden, New Zealand|Lumsden]], while the [[Waikaka Branch]] connected with the Main South Line nearby in McNab. The original [[Kingston Flyer]] ran between Gore, on the main Dunedin-Invercargill line, and Kingston, from where lake steamers provided a connection with Queenstown.<ref>{{cite web |title=Full steam ahead for Kingston Flyer |url=https://nzhistory.govt.nz/page/full-steam-ahead-kingston-flyer |website=New Zealand History |access-date=28 September 2018}}</ref> It was withdrawn in 1937, although specials continued into the 1950s. The 1970s revival of the Flyer did not include Gore.

==History==
Before the arrival of Europeans the current site of Gore was a part of or near the routes used by Māori travellers. Tuturau, near modern Mataura, was the nearest Māori settlement. In 1836 southern Māori repelled a raid from the north, which provided sufficient security for Europeans to purchase land and settle in the area. By the mid-1850s large tracts nearby had been converted into sheep runs.

As crossing the [[Mataura River]] involved a long fording, the locality became known as "the Long Ford", or Longford. In 1862 a few town sections were surveyed on the west bank of the river and Longford was named Gore as a compliment to Sir [[Thomas Gore Browne]], an early Governor of New Zealand. One of the first buildings was Long Ford House an accommodation house opened by local sawmill owner Daniel Morton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/Places/Southland/SouthlandPlaces/4/en |title=4. – Southland places – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |date=2015-05-13 |access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref>

A village named Gordon after Governor Sir Arthur Gordon became established on the opposite bank of the Mataura. By 1864 a road from Balclutha through Gore to Invercargill had been opened for wheeled traffic which allowed the establishment of a regular coach service between Invercargill and Dunedin.

===Establishment===
By 1877, there were enough business opportunities in the area for the Bank of New Zealand to establish a branch in Gore. Within three years both the [[Bank of Australasia]] and the [[Colonial Bank of New Zealand]] had also opened branches. In 1899 the Bank of New South Wales followed suit.<ref name="nzetc1">{{cite web|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/Cyc04Cycl-fig-Cyc04Cycl0771a.html |title=Gore |publisher=NZETC |access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref>

[[File:Gore Railway Station c.1887 - c.1915 (10469144223).jpg|thumb|Gore Railway Station {{circa|1887–1915}}]]
After its construction began in the early 1870s, a railway line between Invercargill and Gore was opened on 30 August 1875. By 22 January 1879 the railway had been extended to Balclutha where it linked with an existing line to Dunedin. A private Waimea Plains railway from Gore to Lumsden was opened on 31 July 1880. This was subsequently purchased by the Government in 1886. It connected Gore with the Invercargill-Kingston branch line. By 1908 another branch had been completed via McNab to Waikaka. The extension of the railways established Gore as an important hub and had a significant effect on its development.<ref name="nzetc1"/>

By 1879, ''[[The Ensign (newspaper)|The Ensign]]'' newspaper was being published in the town, followed in 1887 by the rival ''Standard''.

===Borough===
In 1885, Gore was constituted a borough and in 1890 Gordon, by now commonly known as East Gore, amalgamated with Gore.<ref name="Teara.govt.nz">{{cite web|url=http://www.teara.govt.nz/1966/G/Gore/Gore/en |title=GORE – Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand |publisher=[[Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand]] |access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref> Gore acquired a nickname of "Chicago of the South".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ST18900529.2.23&l=en|title=A Trip to the Goldfields of Otago - Part VII|work=[[The Southland Times]]|date=29 May 1890|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&d=ME18920503.2.7&l=en|title=Untitled|work=The Mataura Ensign|date=3 May 1892|page=2}}</ref>

By 1905, the population had increased to 2,354, compared with 1,618 in 1891.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-Cyc04Cycl-t1-body1-d6-d1.html |title=Southland |publisher=NZETC |access-date=2015-07-09}}</ref>

The establishment of the Gore Electric Light & Power Syndicate led in 1894 to Gore becoming the third town in New Zealand to install a generator and provide a public electricity supply.<ref>Reilly, Helen: "Connecting the Country – New Zealand’s national grid 1886-2007". Page 65. Steele Roberts, Wellington. {{ISBN|978-1-877448-40-9}}.</ref>

From the end of the [[Second World War]] until 1976, Gore enjoyed prosperity driven by record prices for agricultural produce which saw the town's population rise from 5,000 in 1945 to 9,000 in 1976. By the late 1960s, it was reputed to have the highest per-capita retail turnover of any New Zealand town.<ref name="Teara.govt.nz"/>

===Decline===
The farm sector went into decline after 1976 which led to a corresponding decline in the population. Related businesses also closed, including the town's iconic cereal mill, which had processed oats and other grains since 1877. Since 2000 prosperity has returned as large numbers of farms in the surrounding area were converted to dairy farms to take advantage of high prices for dairy produce. This growth has led to low unemployment in the town.

===Marae===

O Te Ika Rama Marae is in Gore. It is a [[marae]] (meeting ground) of the Hokonui Rūnanga branch of [[Ngāi Tahu]], and includes O Te Ika Rama [[wharenui]] (meeting house).<ref name="tkmentry">{{cite web|title=Te Kāhui Māngai directory|url= http://www.tkm.govt.nz/ |website=tkm.govt.nz|publisher=[[Te Puni Kōkiri]]}}</ref><ref name="maorimaps">{{cite web |title=Māori Maps |url=https://maorimaps.com/map |website=maorimaps.com |publisher=Te Potiki National Trust}}</ref>

In October 2020, the government committed $424,567 from the [[Provincial Growth Fund]] to upgrade the marae, creating eight jobs.<ref name="maraepgf">{{cite web |title=Marae Announcements |url=https://www.growregions.govt.nz/assets/funding-announcements/marae-announcements.xlsx |website=growregions.govt.nz |publisher=[[Provincial Growth Fund]] |format=Excel |date=9 October 2020}}</ref>

==Demographics==
Gore covers {{convert|13.76|km2||abbr=on}}<ref name="Area">{{Cite web|title=ArcGIS Web Application|url=https://statsnz.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=6f49867abe464f86ac7526552fe19787| access-date=6 February 2022|website=statsnz.maps.arcgis.com}}</ref> and had an estimated population of {{NZ population data 2018|Gore|y}} as of {{NZ population data 2018|||y|y||,}} with a population density of {{Decimals|{{formatnum:{{NZ population data 2018|Gore|y}}|R}}/13.76|0}} people per km<sup>2</sup>.

{{Historical populations|2006|7,755|2013|7,692|2018|7,911|percentages=pagr|align=left|source=<ref name="Census 2018"/>}}
Gore had a population of 7,911 at the [[2018 New Zealand census]], an increase of 219 people (2.8%) since the [[2013 New Zealand census|2013 census]], and an increase of 156 people (2.0%) since the [[2006 New Zealand census|2006 census]]. There were 3,360 households, comprising 3,807 males and 4,107 females, giving a sex ratio of 0.93 males per female, with 1,389 people (17.6%) aged under 15 years, 1,314 (16.6%) aged 15 to 29, 3,324 (42.0%) aged 30 to 64, and 1,884 (23.8%) aged 65 or older.

Ethnicities were 90.4% European/[[Pākehā]], 11.7% [[Māori people|Māori]], 0.9% [[Pasifika New Zealanders|Pasifika]], 2.6% [[Asian New Zealanders|Asian]], and 1.5% other ethnicities. People may identify with more than one ethnicity.

The percentage of people born overseas was 8.8, compared with 27.1% nationally.

Although some people chose not to answer the census's question about religious affiliation, 47.7% had no religion, 43.1% were [[Christianity in New Zealand|Christian]], 0.6% had [[Religion of Māori people|Māori religious beliefs]], 0.3% were [[Hinduism in New Zealand|Hindu]], 0.3% were [[Islam in New Zealand|Muslim]], 0.2% were [[Buddhism in New Zealand|Buddhist]] and 0.8% had other religions.

Of those at least 15 years old, 612 (9.4%) people had a bachelor's or higher degree, and 1,938 (29.7%) people had no formal qualifications. 702 people (10.8%) earned over $70,000 compared to 17.2% nationally. The employment status of those at least 15 was that 3,075 (47.1%) people were employed full-time, 960 (14.7%) were part-time, and 183 (2.8%) were unemployed.<ref name="Census 2018">{{NZ census 2018|Gore North (359800), Gore West (359900), East Gore (360000), Gore Central (360100), Gore Main (360200) and Gore South (360300)}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+Individual statistical areas
|-
!Name !! Area (km<sup>2</sup>) !! Population !! Density (per km<sup>2</sup>) || Households !! Median age !! Median income
|-
| Gore North || style="text-align:right;"|1.73 || style="text-align:right;"|1,713 || style="text-align:right;"|990 || style="text-align:right;"|693 || 46.6 years || $30,900<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|gore-north|Gore North}}</ref>
|-
| Gore West || style="text-align:right;"|3.16 || style="text-align:right;"|2,697 || style="text-align:right;"|853 || style="text-align:right;"|1,119 || 43.1 years || $32,100<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|gore-west|Gore West}}</ref>
|-
| East Gore || style="text-align:right;"|3.70 || style="text-align:right;"|1,443 || style="text-align:right;"|390 || style="text-align:right;"|594 || 37.9 years || $28,200<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|east-gore|East Gore}}</ref>
|-
| Gore Central || style="text-align:right;"|1.03 || style="text-align:right;"|180 || style="text-align:right;"|175 || style="text-align:right;"|105 || 59.6 years || $21,900<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|gore-central|Gore Central}}</ref>
|-
| Gore Main || style="text-align:right;"|0.61 || style="text-align:right;"|1,251 || style="text-align:right;"|2,051 || style="text-align:right;"|606 || 58.6 years || $24,300<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|gore-main|Gore Main}}</ref>
|-
| Gore South || style="text-align:right;"|3.54 || style="text-align:right;"|627 || style="text-align:right;"|177 || style="text-align:right;"|243 || 44.2 years || $29,300<ref>{{NZ census place summary 2018|gore-south|Gore South}}</ref>
|-
! New Zealand !! !! !! !! !! 37.4 years !! style="text-align:left;"| $31,800
|}

==Climate==
In [[Köppen-Geiger climate classification system]], it has an [[oceanic climate]].<ref name="Climate-Data.org">{{cite web|title=Climate: Gore - Climate graph, Temperature graph, Climate table|url=http://en.climate-data.org/location/5724/|publisher=Climate-Data.org|access-date=2 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222919/http://en.climate-data.org/location/5724/|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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|location = Gore (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1907–present)
| Jan record high C = 35.0
| Feb record high C = 34.1
| Mar record high C = 32.2
| Apr record high C = 27.8
| May record high C = 23.3
| Jun record high C = 20.0
| Jul record high C = 18.3
| Aug record high C = 23.9
| Sep record high C = 24.4
| Oct record high C = 27.2
| Nov record high C = 30.0
| Dec record high C = 34.7
| year record high C = 35.0
|Jan record low C  = -1.1
|Feb record low C  = -1.1
|Mar record low C  = -1.7
|Apr record low C  = -4.2
|May record low C  =  -6.1
|Jun record low C  = -7.8
|Jul record low C  = -8.3
|Aug record low C  = -8.9
|Sep record low C  = -5.6
|Oct record low C  = -3.4
|Nov record low C  = -1.7
|Dec record low C  = -1.7
|year record low C = -8.9
|Jan high C = 	19.4
|Feb high C = 	19.2
|Mar high C = 	17.5
|Apr high C = 	14.7
|May high C = 	11.9
|Jun high C = 	9.1
|Jul high C = 	8.6
|Aug high C = 	10.4
|Sep high C = 	12.8
|Oct high C = 	14.4
|Nov high C = 	16.0
|Dec high C = 	18.2
| year high C = 	
|Jan mean C = 	14.5
|Feb mean C = 	14.3
|Mar mean C = 	12.7
|Apr mean C = 	10.3
|May mean C = 	7.9
|Jun mean C = 	5.5
|Jul mean C = 	4.8
|Aug mean C = 	6.4
|Sep mean C = 	8.4
|Oct mean C = 	9.9
|Nov mean C = 	11.3
|Dec mean C = 	13.4
| year mean C = 	
|Jan low C = 	9.6
|Feb low C = 	9.4
|Mar low C = 	7.8
|Apr low C = 	5.8
|May low C = 	3.9
|Jun low C = 	1.9
|Jul low C = 	1.0
|Aug low C = 	2.4
|Sep low C = 	4.0
|Oct low C = 	5.4
|Nov low C = 	6.7
|Dec low C = 	8.6
| year low C = 	
|rain colour = green	
|Jan rain mm = 	92.7
|Feb rain mm = 	77.9
|Mar rain mm = 	73.0
|Apr rain mm = 	70.8
|May rain mm = 	75.9
|Jun rain mm = 	78.2
|Jul rain mm = 	59.1
|Aug rain mm = 	60.0
|Sep rain mm = 	65.7
|Oct rain mm = 	88.4
|Nov rain mm = 	89.2
|Dec rain mm = 	87.8
|year rain mm = 	
|source 1 = NIWA<ref name= NIWA>
{{cite web
|url = http://cliflo.niwa.co.nz
|title = CliFlo – National Climate Database : Gore Aws
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 19 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://cliflo.niwa.co.nz/
|title = CliFlo -The National Climate Database (Agent numbers: 5759, 5778, 5779, 5780, 42975)
|publisher = NIWA
|access-date = 20 Jun 2024}}</ref>
}}

==Media==
The FM [[Hokonui (radio station)|Hokonui]] radio station broadcasts from Gore to listeners in Southland and South Otago.

The smaller, locally owned radio station Cave FM broadcasts in Gore and online.

==Education==

Gore has primary, intermediate and high schools.

The two secondary schools in Gore are: 
*[[Māruawai College]] is the largest school in Gore, and caters for years 7 to 13.<ref>{{TKI|3625|Māruawai College}}</ref> It has a roll of {{NZ school roll data|3625|y}} students. It opened in 2024 as a result of the voluntary merger of [[Gore High School]] (established in 1908)<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230902060958/https://www.gore-high.school.nz/welcome|archive-date=2 September 2023|url=https://www.gore-high.school.nz/welcome|publisher=Gore High School|title=Our History}}</ref> and Longford Intermediate School (established in 1972).<ref name= Barnett/><ref>{{cite web |title=Our Story |url=https://www.maruawai.school.nz/about#Our-story |website=Māruawai College |access-date=22 May 2025}}</ref>
*[[St Peter's College, Gore|St Peter's College]] is a state-integrated [[Roman Catholic school]] for years 7 to 13<ref>{{TKI|397|St Peter's College}}</ref> with a roll of {{NZ school roll data|397|y}}. It opened in 1969 as a private school,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stpetersgore.school.nz/history.html|title=Our History|publisher=St Peter's College|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> and became state-integrated in 1982.

There are four primary schools in Gore, each serving years 1 to 6. 
*East Gore School<ref>{{TKI|3946|East Gore School}}</ref> with {{NZ school roll data|3946|y}} students. The school opened in 1886 as Gordon School, and took its current name in 1907.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archives.ilibrary.co.nz/repositories/icla/resources/east_gore_school|title=East Gore School|publisher=Invercargill Archives|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>
*Gore Main School<ref>{{TKI|3956|Gore Main School}}</ref> with {{NZ school roll data|3956|y}} students. It opened on 4 October 1878 with 40 pupils, but was destroyed by fire on 3 July 1896. It was destroyed by fire again on 7 May 1920 and a replacement opened in February 1922. With the existing structure reaching the end of its useful life, the school was rebuilt again on 7 December 1984.<ref name=Barnett>{{cite book |last= Barnett |first= Robert |title= Gore (Public) Main School: A Brief Survey of History & Events |location= Gore |publisher=Gore Main School |date= 2003 |pages= 3–7, 35 |type= Paperback}}</ref>
*St Marys School, a state-integrated Catholic school<ref>{{TKI|4018|St Mary's School}}</ref> with {{NZ school roll data|4018|y}} students. It opened in 1890.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://mercyschools.org.nz/featured_item/st-marys-gore/https://mercyschools.org.nz/featured_item/st-marys-gore-full-text/|title=St Mary's, Gore|publisher=Mercy Schools|access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref> 
*West Gore School<ref>{{TKI|4050|West Gore School}}</ref> with {{NZ school roll data|4050|y}} students. It opened in 1953.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://christchurch.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S37C356744|title=West Gore School 50th Anniversary (record)|publisher=[[Christchurch City Libraries]] |access-date=6 February 2022}}</ref>

All these schools are coeducational. Rolls are as of {{NZ school roll data|||y|y||.}}

==Culture and arts==

Gore is well known for its connection with [[Country and Western music]], with the annual New Zealand country music awards, the [[Gold Guitar Awards]] having been held in the town since 1974.<ref>[http://www.goldguitars.co.nz/index.cfm/fuseaction/pages.home] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091118165909/http://www.goldguitars.co.nz/index.cfm/fuseaction/pages.home|date=18 November 2009}}</ref> It has a [[sister city]] relationship with [[Tamworth, New South Wales]], the "Country Music Capital of [[Australia]]".

Gore has also gained a reputation as a centre for the visual arts in the southern South Island. A major bequest to the town's [[Eastern Southland Art Gallery]] by Dr. [[John Money]] has left the institution with one of the country's best collections of ethnological art. This is partnered by an impressive collection of modern New Zealand work, including several notable pieces by [[Ralph Hotere]].<ref>[http://www.gorenz.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=attractions.arts] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070625064312/http://www.gorenz.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=attractions.arts|date=25 June 2007}}</ref>

==Landmarks and notable features==
{{see also|List of historic places in Gore District}}
[[File:Fleming's Creamoata Mill complex Gore New Zealand.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fleming's Rolled Oats factory, a major landmark in central Gore.]]
The Flemings "Creamoata Mill" is an iconic local building, with Flemings "Creamoata" brand of porridge once promoted by Flemings as the National Breakfast,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/StampsHistoricalIssues/1999/Nostalgia.htm |title=Nostalgia |publisher=New Zealand Post |access-date=22 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100522042011/http://stamps.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/Stamps/StampsHistoricalIssues/1999/Nostalgia.htm |archive-date=22 May 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> and the mill itself considered one of the most modern cereal mills in the southern hemisphere. Production of all products was moved to Australia in 2001, and Creamoata was discontinued in 2008 after declining sales.<ref name=dan>{{cite web |url=http://www.odt.co.nz/your-town/gore/25833/no-creamoata-dan-soldiers |title=No Creamoata, but Dan soldiers on | work=The Otago Daily Times |date=6 October 2008| first=Hamish |last=McNeilly |access-date=2010-01-22 }}</ref>  Goodman Fielder claimed that the plant was no longer viable as it was operating at less than one third of its capacity. The building's famous "Sgt Dan" remains because rights to it have been purchased by the buildings current owner "Sgt Dan Stockfoods Ltd".<ref name=dan /> The building has a Category I listing with [[Heritage New Zealand]].<ref>{{NZHPT|7470|Fleming's Creamoata Mill complex|2010-01-25}}</ref>

The former [[East Gore Presbyterian Church]] of Aotearoa New Zealand is one of the two remaining wooden [[Gothic architecture|Gothic]] churches designed by the eminent architect [[Robert Lawson (architect)|R.A. Lawson]].<ref name="Lawson">{{cite book
|title= From the Kirk on the Hill |author= J.F. McArthur |publisher=Gore Publishing Company|year= 1981}}</ref>
Built in 1880 and registered as a category 2 historic place by [[Heritage New Zealand]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.heritage.org.nz/the-list/details/2530 | title=  Presbyterian Church (former) | website= Register of Historic Places | publisher=[[Heritage New Zealand]] | access-date=9 January 2016}}</ref> No longer used as a place of worship the building is currently being converted into an art centre, with a studio and flat for visiting artists. The latter houses the bedroom furniture from the Royal Suite commissioned for the [[Elizabeth II|Queen's]] Royal Tour to Southland in 1954.<ref name="Studio">{{cite web |title= Visiting Artist Programme with New Zealand |publisher=Hazelhurst Regional Gallery & Arts Centre, Sutherland Shire Council  |url=http://www.suthentcent.com.au/ssc/rwpattach.nsf/viewasattachmentPersonal/NATALIE+VLIES~SSC~Hazelhurst+News+Spring+04.pdf/$file/Hazelhurst+News+Spring+04.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20060524180611/http://www.suthentcent.com.au/ssc/rwpattach.nsf/viewasattachmentPersonal/NATALIE+VLIES~SSC~Hazelhurst+News+Spring+04.pdf/$file/Hazelhurst+News+Spring+04.pdf|url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-05-24 |date= Autumn 2004}}</ref>

The Hokonui Moonshine Museum in the heritage precinct celebrates Gore's part in the ''"...colourful history of illicit whiskey making and consumption..."'',<ref>[http://www.goredc.govt.nz/our-facilities/arts-and-heritage/hokonui-moonshiners-museum/ Hokonui Moonshiners Museum] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122014703/http://goredc.govt.nz/our-facilities/arts-and-heritage/hokonui-moonshiners-museum/ |date=22 January 2016 }}, Gore District Council</ref><ref>[http://mp.natlib.govt.nz/detail/?id=38890&l=mi "Old Hokonui", original label], National Library of New Zealand</ref> with illicit whiskey being produced in the [[Hokonui Hills]] to the west of the town up until the 1930s.<ref>[http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=AS19340205.2.10&srpos=5&e=-------10--1----0whisky+southland-- "Illicit Whisky Still"], 1934, Auckland Star</ref>

The St James Theatre on Irk Street is a theatre and cinema, with a main auditorium seating 450 people and a smaller room for 78.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ABOUT US, St James Theatre|url=https://www.sbsstjamesgore.co.nz/about-us|access-date=2021-06-01|website=www.sbsstjamesgore.co.nz}}</ref> It announced in June 2021 that it was in danger of closing if it could not raise money for earthquake strengthening and other renovations.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-06-01|title=Gore's St James Theatre in danger of closure unless council helps with funding|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/125311559/gores-st-james-theatre-in-danger-of-closure-unless-council-helps-with-funding|access-date=2021-06-01|website=[[Stuff (website)|Stuff]] |language=en}}</ref>

==Notable residents==
{{main category|People from Gore, New Zealand}}
*[[Ronald Bannerman]], a [[flying ace]] during World War I. Bannerman Park in north Gore is named after him.
*[[Jimmy Cowan]], international rugby player
*[[James Hargest]], politician and military leader
*[[Amanda Hooper]] (Christie), International Women's Hockey
*[[Luke Hurley]], musician
*[[Roy Kerr]], mathematical physicist
*[[Justin Marshall]], international rugby player
*[[Shona McFarlane]], artist and broadcaster
*[[Hugh McIntyre (farmer)|Hugh McIntyre]] (1888–1982), chairman of the Alliance Freezing Company (Southland)
*[[Brian McKechnie]] (born 1953), international cricket and rugby player
*[[Chris McLennan]], travel photographer
*[[Mike Puru]], radio host
*[[Geoff Rabone]], international cricketer
*[[Eric Roy (politician)|Eric Roy]], politician
*[[Jenny Shipley]], former Prime Minister of New Zealand
*[[Barry Soper]], political journalist
*[[Stu Wilson]], international rugby player
*[[Ethan de Groot]], international rugby player

==See also==
* [[Gore Aerodrome]]

==References==
{{Reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==Further reading==

*{{cite journal |last= Ballantyne |first= Tony |title= Thinking Local: Knowledge, Sociability and Community in Gore's Intellectual Life, 1875–1914 |journal= New Zealand Journal of History |volume= 44 |issue= 2 |pages= 128–156 |publisher=Department of History, University of Auckland |place= Auckland |year= 2010 |url= http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/2010/NZJH_44_2_02.pdf}}
*{{cite journal |last= Ballantyne |first= Tony |title= On Place, Space and Mobility in Nineteenth-Century New Zealand |journal= New Zealand Journal of History |volume= 45 |issue= 1 |pages= 50–70 |publisher=Department of History, University of Auckland |place= Auckland |year= 2011 |url= http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/2011/NZJH_45_1_04.pdf.pdf}}
*{{cite book |last= Beattie |first= Herries |title= A History of Gore and Surrounding Districts |location= Gore |publisher=Gore Publishing Co. |date= 1962 |type= Paperback}}
*{{cite book |last= Benny |first= T. Ralph |title= What God Hath Wrought: The History of Methodism in the Gore District 1879-1961 |location= Gore |publisher=Gore Methodist Council |date= 1963 |type= Paperback |url= http://www.methodist.org.nz/files/docs/wesley%20historical/19(14)%20what%20god%20hath%20wrought.pdf}}
*{{cite book |last= Feeley |first= John R. |title= Valley of Water: The Story of Gore and District the First Sixty Years |location= Christchurch |publisher=J.R. Feeley |date= 2012 |type= Paperback |isbn= 978-0-4732-2253-6}}
*{{cite thesis |last= Kerse |first= E. |title= The Origin and Development of Gore and Its Surrounding Districts |type= BA (Honours) |publisher=University of Otago |place= Dunedin |year= 1943 |url= https://ourarchive.otago.ac.nz/handle/10523/2833}}
*{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= John Findlay |title= Progress in retrospect: A history of the first decade of the Mataura Licensing Trust, from 1955 to 1965; with a background to Trust control in the Mataura Licensing District |location= Gore |publisher=Gore Publishing Co |date= 1966 |type= Paperback}}
*{{cite book |last= McArthur |first= John Findlay |title= From the Kirk on the Hill 1881-1981
|location= Gore |publisher=Gore Publishing Co |date= 1981 |type= Paperback }} A history of the Presbyterian Church in Gore.
*{{cite book |last= Smith |first= Hallam L. |title= A History of the Town of Gore: Part 1, The Beginnings |location= Gore |publisher=The Wayland Trust |date= 1996 |type= Paperback |isbn = 0-473-04238-X}}
*{{cite book |last= Smith |first= Hallam L. |title= A History of the Town of Gore: Part 2, The Introduction and Development of the Supply of Light and Power |location= Gore |publisher = The Wayland Trust |date= 1997 |type= Paperback |isbn= 0-473-04238-X}}
*{{cite book |last= Smith |first= Hallam L. |title= A History of the Town of Gore: Part 3, The Town's Streets and the Origin of Their Names |location= Gore |publisher=The Wayland Trust |date= 1997 |type= Paperback |isbn= 0-473-04238-X}}
*{{cite book |last1= Smith |first1= Hallam L. |last2= Wilson |first2= Sue |year=  1996 |title= A Backward glance at Gore |location=  Gore |publisher= Gore History Book Committee |type= Paperback |isbn= 0473035553 }}
*{{cite book |last= Smith |first= Rosemarie |year= 2005 |title= Seddon Memorial: The rise and demise of a country hospital , Gore, 1909-1999 |location= Gore |publisher= Seddon Memorial Hospital Book Committee |type= Hardcover |isbn= 9780476012554}}
*{{cite book |last= Smith |first= Rosemarie |title= The Ladies Are at It Again! Gore Debates the Women's Franchise |location= Wellington |publisher=Victoria University of Wellington |date= 1993 |isbn= 978-0-4751-1018-3}}
*{{cite thesis |last= Tam |first= Cecilia Wing Sze |title= Paleoenvironment of the Gore District |type= BSc(Hons) |publisher=University of Otago |place= Dunedin |year= 2001 |url= http://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/items/show/390 }}
*[https://southlandnz.com/sites/default/files/media/documents/GoreHeritageTrailBrochure.pdf Gore Heritage Trail Brochure].

==External links==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110423035632/http://www.goredc.govt.nz/ Gore District Council]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120119143407/http://www.goldguitars.co.nz/ The Golden Guitar Awards site]
* [http://www.library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/hoc_fr_bulletins/38_bulletin.pdf Hocken Collection Bulletin 38 - New Zealand’s ‘Little Lichfield’ - The literature of Eastern Southland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100513175023/http://library.otago.ac.nz/pdf/hoc_fr_bulletins/38_bulletin.pdf |date=13 May 2010 }}

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