Malcolm Gayfer

Guns N’ Roses made our collective rock’n’roll dreams come true with 2017’s Not In This Lifetime tour and now Paul Dainty AM, President & CEO of TEG DAINTY is thrilled to announce one of the greatest bands of all time will return to tour Australia & New Zealand in November 2021. As the first stadium

Southland is being battered by a nasty cold front. The weather system is sweeping up the South island and has now reached Dunedin. A large truck and trailer unit rolled at Awarua earlier today, causing SH 1 to be closed. A detour route is in place. Police had earlier issued an advisory for motorists

Golfers and fans of the great game are in for a treat this weekend. Arguably one of the finest golfers New Zealand has produced, Sir Bob Charles will be playing a round at the Invercargill Golf Club this Sunday afternoon. Sir Bob is playing in a 4 ball better ball tournament. It’s 60 years since […]

Intense competition in the forestry sector coupled with the complications of Covid-19 have prompted long time Southland business Craigpine Timber Ltd to sell its operations to another local company. The sale to Niagara Sawmilling Company Ltd of the family-owned Winton business will become effective

It’s three years since the last one and high time for another. That’s the call from Tracy Kilkelly, organizer of Invercargill IRD Reunion Take 2 here in Invers. The reunion is being held at the Ascot Park Hotel from 4pm this Friday. Tracy Kilkelly says the previous reunion was a roaring success with

Hi there team, we’re in November so time to enjoy some songs that became hit TV shows. We’ll start with a couple from the early 80’s, one from Britain and one from the US. Both of these songs and the TV shows were winners here, Minder and The Greatest American Hero although from memory American […]

It’s that time again. The running of the the race that stops two nations, The Melbourne Cup. There must’ve been plenty of doubts as to whether this race would go ahead especially when Victoria was in the grips of the Covid pandemic. But go ahead it will, how ever the stands and embankments at Flemin

A Southland teenage musician who has just released his first single  says he’s using the region’s binge drinking culture for inspiration. Alex Dykes, of Central Southland, who is currently studying politics at Otago University, said while most young people were responsible in their alcohol consumpti