Malcolm Gayfer

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 […]

What is being described as a significant scrub fire is in progress near Wanaka. The blaze was reported to emergency services early this afternoon (Sun) The blaze started on Glendhu Bluff and strong windy conditions have enabled the blaze to jump the road and spread quickly. Fire crews from several c

A true southern icon marked an important anniversary mid December 2021. It’s 50 years ago that the Kingston Flyer started service running between Kingston and Fairlight in northern Southland. The history of the steam train goes way back further than what we know of it now. The train started its runs

Hi all and welcome into this the last of Mal’s Music Memory’s for May as we wrap NZ Music Month with Little Fire MusicWorks on Dee Street, probably the world’s southernmost music store. Three bangers to wind up the month. First up Tex Pistol’s cover of an old 60’s song, The Game of Love. […]

Hey there team and welcome to our last Waitangi Day instalment of Kiwi greats with our friends at Little Fire MusicWorks, our own true blue kiwi music store. As I mentioned in the other posts the songs are only chosen as that’s where the cursor took me. I reckon I’ve got three absolute crackers to [

Impressive. That’s what it is now and impressive is what it will be when our new Langlands Hotel opens for business. whatsoninvers.nz along with other media were given a first hand lookover and update on construction work going on behind the yellow screen that encases the construction site. On our l

Sad to hear that country music star Charley Pride has passed away. Charley died due to complications from Covid 19 aged 86 in Dallas Texas. The super star certainly knew what it was like to grow up poor and make it to the big time. The Mississippi native picked cotton, served in the United States […

Hi there team…how’s the lead up to Christmas going for you? With our god friends at Little Fire MusicWorks we thought we’d see out the year with some top tracks from 50 years ago, 1970. Let’s start with what still has to be Simon and Garfunkel’s finest hour and still one of the standout albums […]