Malcolm Gayfer

Sad news from our own community this week with the passing of Tony Laker. It’s been well recorded that Tony Laker along with his wife Tracey started their own travel agency 22 years ago, with more than a few in the industry advising them against it and building it up to be one of New […]

Hey there team. May, New Zealand Music Month is drawing to a close so we’ve put together a triple dose of Kiwi Bangers from the 80’s. First up The Mockers with Andrew Fagan and one of their many hits of the time, Forever Tuesday Morning. They sure knew how to put together catchy pop songs […]

Hey there team. Bit of a grey dreary weekend so hope that these gems brighten things up as we mark NZ Music Month. Just so many great tunes floating about from all decades so I put three in, couldn’t help myself. https://youtu.be/bBKt3TkEIKw First up it’s Loxene Gold Disc winner Alison Durbin’s I Ha

Sad news from the world of entertainment. English actor Dennis Waterman passed away over the weekend aged 74. A statement from his family said “We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved Dennis passed away very peacefully in hospital in Spain.” Dennis had a long, long acting career starting

Hey there team. Just couldn’t let New Zealand Music Month go unnoticed. Here are a couple of fav’s from the 70’s and 80’s . First up is Hello Sailor’s Blue Lady followed by Sharon O’Neill’s Maxine. Both brilliant songs by class acts. Why they weren’t international hits I just can’t fathom. Must incl

Sad news from the world of rock n roll. Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins has passed away aged just 50. According to reports Taylor Hawkins was found in a hotel room in Bogota, Columbia where the band were about to play at a festival this weekend. A statement on the band’s Twitter account posted a

This week marked the 20th anniversary of the last scheduled passenger train operated between Invercargill, Dunedin and Christchurch. The Southerner made its last trip on Sunday 10th February 1992. The Southerner passenger train made it’s first trip on December 1st 1970 but its genesis went back many

This is a bolt from the blue! News in this evening that Meat Loaf (Marvin Lee Aday) has passed away. The big guy literally stormed on to the world stage in 1977 with the album Bat Out Of Hell. So many great songs on it all penned by the late Jim Steinman. As the statement […]