Gore District Council is the territorial authority for the Gore District of New Zealand.

[1] The council is led by the mayor of Gore, who is currently Ben Bell.

[1] The council was established in 1989, directly replacing the Gore and Mataura Borough Councils and part of Southland County Council (established in 1885.

[2][3]) 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.