Gore

File:Gore banner River - Mataura River Gore is based in the Southland region of New Zealand that is known as the world's capital of brown trout fishing, and New Zealand's capital of country music. It is on State Highway 1 about an hour's drive from Invercargill.

Gore Halal Travel Guide

Named after Governor Gore Browne and the town is a service center for the surrounding neighborhood.

Travel to Gore

Travel on a Bus in Gore

There are bus services from Dunedin to Invercargill as well as to Queenstown and other places in the southern lakes neighborhood.

By car

Gore is about 2.5 hours by road south from Dunedin, along State Highway 1.

By Plane

Get Around

What to See

NZL-gore-trout - Trout statue in town centre

Eastern Southland Gallery - Corner Hokonui Drive & Norfolk Street Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 10am-4:30pm, Saturday to Sunday 1-4pm Free Includes the Ralph Hotere Gallery, which holds more than 60 works by this major New Zealand artist. Also the John Money Collection of New Zealand, Indigenous People Australian and West African art. Housed in a former Carnegie Library building.

Hands of Fame | A statue celebrating country music. It has a number of hand prints of country music artists, including Kenny Rogers.

Hokonui Heritage Centre - Corner Hokonui Drive and Norfolk Street Opening Hours: Monday to Friday 8.30am-5pm, Saturday 9.30am-4pm, Sunday 1-4pm Historical Museum free, charge for Moonshine Museum. Includes the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and the Gore Historical Museum. The Moonshine Museum celebrates the neighborhood's historical illicit whiskey making. The Historical Museum includes an exhibition about trout fishing. Also has visitor information desk Monday to Sat.

Trout statue. A large sculpture of a brown trout at the northern entrance to the town.

Top Muslim Travel Tips for Gore

Gold Guitar Awards. Country music awards at Queen’s Birthday Weekend.
Trout fishing.

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