Gore Bay, New Zealand

Gore Bay is a coastal settlement about 8 kilometres (5 mi) from Cheviot, New Zealand.

Houses in Gore Bay
1874 watercolour painting, with Mrs Robinson's cottage behind the cabbage tree

It has a surfing beach with summer beach houses and 14 permanent residents. There are two local camping grounds, each with beach access and business. It is a popular New Year's Eve venue. Of note is Cathedral Gully, a spectacular weathered clay canyon.

The cottage at 60 Moody Street that once belonged to Mrs. Eliza Robinson, wife of local runholder William 'Ready Money' Robinson, is registered by Heritage New Zealand as a Category II structure, with registration number 1769.[1]

Toponomy

The Maori name for this place is Pāua pirau meaning decayed pāua.[2]

The place name Gore Bay is not an offical name but is a recorded name that is probably derived from Gore's Bay shown on Captain Cook's map of New Zealand as the bay between Banks Island and the southern island, T’avai Poenammoo.[3]

Climate
Climate data for Gore Bay
Month Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Year
Average precipitation mm (inches) 61.7
(2.43)		 57.1
(2.25)		 78.4
(3.09)		 80.9
(3.19)		 82.4
(3.24)		 69
(2.7)		 81.1
(3.19)		 79
(3.1)		 53
(2.1)		 61.4
(2.42)		 64.4
(2.54)		 51.8
(2.04)		 820.2
(32.29)
Source: Climate Charts[4]

References
  1. "Cottage (for Mrs 'Ready Money' Robinson)". Register of Historic Places. Heritage New Zealand. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. "Map of Te Wai Pounamu NZMS 346/2". NZGB place name maps and publications. New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  3. "Gore Bay". NZGB Gazetteer. New Zealand Geographic Board Ngā Pou Taunaha o Aotearoa. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. "Gore Bay, New Zealand Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data". Climate Charts. Retrieved 2 September 2013.

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