Malcolm Gayfer

Hi there team…..this is not the way how I thought whatsoninvers rocktober would start, saying RIP to one of the top axe men in rock n roll, Edward (Eddie) Lodewijk Van Halen. As you probably know Eddie Van Halen lost his long battle with cancer aged 65. As with most tributes, it’s a mission to […]

If you notice anything odd with your power supply, call us. That’s the message from PowerNet in the follow up to a power surge that affected parts of South Invercargill late last month. The outage occurred on Sunday 20 September and affected 97 customers in the Kew/Kingswell areas, causing household

Hiya team, not a good week, firstly we lost Helen Reddy and now singer / songwriter Mac Davis has also left us, but left us with some great songs. Word is that Mac died following heart surgery aged 78, same age as Helen Reddy Mac was multi talented musician, solo performer, TV host and of […]

Hiya team, sad news to round off the month. Helen Reddy passed away at the age of 78. The Australian born and raised singer made it big in the early 70’s with hits like Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress), Angie Baby, You and Me Against The World, And I Love You So. Helen has […]

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