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Anna Logue

Anna Logue is a business, food, lifestyle, tech, and entertainment writer who misses buttons on phones and dial-up internet. When she isn’t covering AI, music, and movies with mild existential dread, she’s usually yelling at her smart fridge.

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Repertory Turns 90 With Love Story About Universes
Repertory Turns 90 With Love Story About Universes
Arts & Culture   -   May 28, 2026

Repertory Invercargill is turning 90 with a love story about parallel universes. Constellations, running June 10-13, follows a physicist and a beekeeper through the many possible paths their relationship could take. The play blends science, humour, heartbreak and the theory that every small choice changes everything. Director Aimee Marshall, whose

Kiwi Artists Keep Control of Classic Songs
Kiwi Artists Keep Control of Classic Songs
Gig Guide   -   May 27, 2026

Classic Kiwi songs will stay in copyright for longer under changes to protect artists from losing control of their work. The Government will extend copyright protection for music recordings from 50 years to 70 years after publication. Other works get protection for 70 years after the creator's death.

Gangsters Invade Mall for Dementia Fundraiser
Gangsters Invade Mall for Dementia Fundraiser
Gig Guide   -   May 27, 2026

Shoppers at Invercargill Central Mall were treated to a scene straight out of the roaring twenties on Saturday morning, as glamorous Gatsby showgirls, gangsters, and a stunning 1925 Chrysler transformed the mall into a theatrical slice of vintage spectacle. The unique promotional photoshoot was created to build excitement for Alzheimer’

Dead and Buried: Historian Digs Up Southland's Graveyard Tales
Dead and Buried: Historian Digs Up Southland's Graveyard Tales
Arts + Culture   -   May 27, 2026

Lloyd Esler has spent 25 years digging through Southland's graveyards and emerged with 150 stories of murder, mishap and the occasional elephant. The historian and former Invercargill city councillor has turned his cemetery tours and 1200 newspaper columns into Dead and Buried in Southland — a collection that reads

Vintage Treasures Come to Riverton This Weekend
Vintage Treasures Come to Riverton This Weekend
News   -   May 27, 2026

Riverton Aparima Gears Up for its inaugural Riverton Retro Revival This King's Birthday Weekend, the seaside village of Riverton will burst into colour, creativity, and nostalgia as the very first Riverton Retro Revival rolls into town on Sunday 31 May and Monday 1 June. At the heart of

New World Ditches Clubcard for Cross-Store Club+
New World Ditches Clubcard for Cross-Store Club+
Technology   -   May 26, 2026

New World is dumping its Clubcard for a new rewards scheme that works across three supermarket chains. Club+ launches June 15, combining New World, PAK'nSAVE and Four Square into a single customer platform for the first time. The move reflects how most people already shop — bouncing between different

Beloved Entertainer Dame Jools Topp Dies
Beloved Entertainer Dame Jools Topp Dies
New Zealand   -   May 25, 2026

Dame Jools Topp has died aged 68. The comedian and singer, one half of the beloved Topp Twins duo, passed away peacefully at her home on Saturday surrounded by her twin sister Dame Lynda, brother Bruce, close friends and "all her fur-babies". She lived with breast cancer for

Arts Funding Scheme Hits 30 Year Milestone
Arts Funding Scheme Hits 30 Year Milestone
Arts + Culture   -   May 25, 2026

A government arts funding scheme that has backed creative projects across Invercargill and Bluff for three decades is celebrating its 30th anniversary. The Creative Communities Scheme, administered by Invercargill City Council on behalf of Creative New Zealand, has provided accessible funding for hundreds of local arts projects. Council Manager Strategy,

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