Malcolm Gayfer

The 20/21 sports fishing season is almost upon us and this season is not one to be missed. Southland residents are spoilt with an abundance of rivers, streams and lakes that are close to main centres, have easy access and healthy trout populations. If you are a beginner angler there is no better pla

The Southland Stags have won at home, beating North Harbour 11 – 10 The Stags unbeaten at home so far in the Mitre Ten Rugby Cup. Today’s result will be a big boost for The Stags as they take on Waikato next weekend. Waikato were beaten by Tasman 34 – 17 in today’s earlier game.

Fire crews were called out to a fire at a house in Invercargill last night. The fire was at an address on Herriot Street, Richmond. A Fire Service spokesman says 3 appliances attended, 2 from Invercargill and 1 from Kingswell. The spokesman told whatsoninvers.nz that the fire was in a roof void of t

Fire crews are attending a chemical spill at the Fonterra plant at Edendale. The alarm was raised about 10.30 this morning. A spokesman for FENZ says Fire service 1 crew each from Edendale, Mataura , Wyndham and 2 crews from Invercargill attended. The spokesman says they will be on scene until every

Hey there team. Sad news for the end of the week. One of our rock n roll pioneers has passed away. Max Merritt left us earlier today after a long illness. Max had been living in Los Angeles for several years. Max Merritt grew up in Christchurch just as rock n roll arrived on our […]

It’s all go for a weekend of big celebrations for a long-established Invers sports club. Waihopai AFC is marking 70 years playing the round ball game this weekend. Formed in 1950 Waihopai AFC is one of Southland’s leading football clubs and Southland’s most successful Southern League side. The Waiho

This Story Contains Graphic Content – Another ugly case of animal cruelty has surfaced in the south. Eight little puppies have been discovered dead with their throats cut last week. The ghastly discovery was made by Invercargill woman Kim Durry last Friday. Mrs Durry and her husband Errol were walki

Skywatchers and plane spotters hopefully caught a glimpse between the clouds  of a South African Airlines jet today. The huge AirBus A34-600 is heading back to Johannesburg on a 15hour plus flight. The plane made landfall over Southland earlier this week on its way to Christchurch. Dozens of kiwi’s