Gore
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. Wikivoyage
Population 8,230 (Wikidata)
Before you go
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Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Gore. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide- Gore Historical Museum Museum · 200 m
- Eastern Southland Gallery Gallery · 130 m
- Gore War Memorial Memorial · 420 m
- Gore Heritage Centre Museum · 210 m
- Hokonui Heritage Research Centre Museum · 210 m
- Hokonui Moonshine Museum Museum · 220 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Eating nearby
All 10 places to eatPlaces © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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