Town in Southland region, New Zealand
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Gore is a town of 8,200 people (2020) 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.
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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, Aboriginal Australian and West African art. Housed in a former Carnegie Library building.
A statue celebrating country music. It has a number of hand prints of country music artists, including Kenny Rogers.
Includes the Hokonui Moonshine Museum and the Gore Historical Museum. The Moonshine Museum celebrates the district's historical illicit whiskey making. The Historical Museum includes an exhibition about trout fishing. Also has visitor information desk M-Sa.
A 9 meter, 1.5 ton sculpture of a brown trout at the entrance to the town. It was built in the 1980s by the Gore Host Lions Club. They chose to construct a brown trout, because the Mataura River that flows through the town is world-renowned for its top-notch trout fishing, and with the construction of the trout the town was declared to be the World Capital of Brown Trout Fishing. When other New Zealand cities began to contest the title, they held a fishing competition. While the number of fish caught was equal, all of the fish caught in Gore were brown trout while the competitors caught rainbow trout, so Gore kept the title with a competitive win to back it up.
Old fire station of the town. Later it became a hostel for backpackers and now vape stores. This historic building can still be viewed outside.
Scenic group hotel set in 6 acres.
9 unit motel.
Cabins and pitches for tents and campervans.
A bicycle shop where you can hire bicycles.
By car
Gore is about 2.5 hours by road south from Dunedin, along State Highway 1.
By plane
Gore is a small town so you can walk around it. If you’d go out of the town but doesn’t have your own vehicle, then you can grab a taxi via calling +6432081243 (MT Taxi Gore).
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