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.
From the end of the Second World War until 1976 Gore enjoyed prosperity driven by record prices for agricultural produce which saw the townâs population rise from 5,000 in 1945 to 9,000 in 1976. By the late 1960s it was reputed to have the highest per-capita retail turnover of any New Zealand town.