Malcolm Gayfer

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

Hey there team. Here we are with another two country greats. These two go back to the early 60’s and yer can’t really have a country music feature without Johnny Cash and Roger Miller so here we go. Don’t forget to pop into Little Fire MusicWorks on Dee St. Haydon, Toni and maybe Lennon will […]

Cracker of a day to have a look over what will become Invercargill’s premier accommodation venue. The whatsoninver.nz team were part of a select group of media to check up on progress of the new Langlands Hotel being built by the ILT. And what a facility it’s going to be when it is expected to […]

Sky watchers and plane spotters had a treat this morning (Tues) A South African Airlines flight made land fall right over Southland after a direct and long  flight from Johannesburg South Africa. The flight, possibly the first direct flight from South Africa to Christchurch was bringing kiwi’s home

A first in New Zealand for the Southern DHB. This with the delivery of a new MRI magnet unit at the Invercargill Hospital on Saturday morning. The new magnet is part of a new $1.5m MRI and replaces an 18 year old unit. Brendon Clifford, project manager for supplier Philips told whatsoninvers that th