Malcolm Gayfer

Hiya team. How’s the week been treating you? We’ll keep on keepin’ on looking back at the songs that made it big in 1970 – 50 years ago. First up it’s English band Mungo Jerry who took the world by storm with In The Summertime. Incidentally the song has been rerecorded with Mungo’s frontman and […]

The SBS Bank Tour of Southland is all set for 2020. Entries for the event, which will take place from 1 to 7 November, opened this week, and there is already significant interest. Race Director Sally Marr said there was a real buzz around this year’s edition of the event. “Lockdown has been tough on

Christchurch Airport Co. plans to build airport near Tarras central Otago……..More to come

What a day it’s been for Southland. The Prime Minister Jacinda Adern , Minister of Finance Grant Robertson, Megan Woods Minister of Housing and Energy and Resources, Shane Jones Minister of Regional Development all in town with one mission….to allay fears of Southland over the impending closure of t

A Government investment of $25 million will create 180 jobs and improve the safety and resilience of the Homer Tunnel on the crucial State Highway 94 (The Milford Road) tourist route linking Te Anau and Piopiotahi Milford Sound, Infrastructure Minister Shane Jones says. The multimillion-dollar inves

While it was cold outside, freezing actually, the self styled champion of the regions Shane Jones brought warmth, some laughter and a big bag of money for various southern organisations and businesses. One of the big handouts is for  stop-bank upgrade work for our rivers. This follows on from the ca

Hi there team, how’s your week been travelling so far. Hope everyone is keeping warm, having said that more cold temperatures are on the cards for the end of the week. This week Mal’s Music Memory travels back in the time tunnel to 1970 – 50 years ago as we feature two Kiwi No 1’s […]

The National Agricultural Fieldays was officially opened online today (Mon) , replacing its usual opening event, normally held at Mystery Creek near Hamilton. The event, which attracted 130,000 people last year, was due to start in June but was postponed as a result of the Covid-19 outbreak. New Zea