Gore, New Zealand

Gore is a town in the south of New Zealand's South Island in the Southland region. With 9927 inhabitants, is the administrative seat of the homonymous district, the Gore District, Invercargill the second largest metropolitan area in the region.

Originally called the town of Longford, until it was renamed in honor of Thomas Gore Browne, an early governor of the country in Gore. At the time of Prohibition, the west of the city located Hokonui Hills were a popular place for the illegal production of alcohol, mainly whiskey ( " Hokonui moonshine "). The location is by the Mataura River in the districts of East Gore and Gore (also known as Jacobs Town and Gordon) split, with the majority of the population lives west of the shore.

In East Gore is a Presbyterian church one of the two surviving wooden churches of the well-known New Zealand architect Robert Lawson. Gore is an important center of New Zealand's country music. For example, take place the annual award of the New Zealand Country Music Awards in Gore. Tamworth, twin town of Gore is referred to as Australia's " capital of country music ."

Infrastructure

In earlier times, Gore was an important railway junction. Here the Waimea Plains Railway arrived from the west and the Waikaka Branch on the main north - south route of the South Island, the Main South Line. The operation on the Waikaka Branch was set in 1962, the Waimea Plains Railway was closed in 1978. In February 2002, the last passenger train of the Southerners, the Main South Line sailed south of Christchurch. Freight transport is, however, still moving regularly on the track.

Twinning

• Tamworth ( Australia)