When Nero was two, his mother was banished by Caligula to the Pontian Islands. His inheritance was then seized when his father died one year later. With Caligula killed and a milder emperor on the throne, Agrippina (who was emperor Claudius' niece) was recalled from exile and her son was given a good education.
Total population. 1  12,033 people usually live in Gore District. 2  Its population ranks 51st in size out of the 67 districts in New Zealand. 3  Gore District has less than one percent of New Zealand's population.
By 1905 the population had increased to 2,354, compared with 1,618 in 1891. The establishment of the Gore Electric Light & Power Syndicate led in 1894 to Gore becoming the third town in New Zealand to install a generator and provide a public electricity supply.