Malcolm Gayfer

Hey there team, it’s spring and it’s country music September! Have to admit that Country music has not always been my fav genre of music but I am being turned. There is just so much good country music out there. To get it going it’s hard to go past two country music practitioners who are […]

Sad news from with the passing of Elizabeth Miller ANZLA, MBE ( Miss Miller), Dreamweaver. Miss Miller had a unique talent for bringing books and stories to life for hundreds upon hundreds of children over many years as well as being a long serving librarian. As some have already commented, Miss Mil

A building at the Invercargill City Council Parks and Reserves Department HQ on Racecourse Rd  has all but been gutted in a blaze earlier this afternoon. ICC Communications manager Hannah McLeod says all staff on site are well and accounted for. Ms McLeod says the Fire Service have extinguished the

From the Farming Desk – Good News! A major international competition is coming to the southern regions. New Zealand has been chosen to host The World Ploughing Championships, but we’ll have to wait a bit before it comes around….these championships will be held in 2028. The World Ploughing Champs wil

Hi there team. A follower of this column just let me know that today is the 34th anniversary of the release of Bon Jovi’s monumental album Slippery When Wet. The album blasted through what was going around at the time and became one of the biggest things going in the late 80’s and still sells […]

Hiya team, as you’ve gathered by the headline, Split Enz album True Colours turns 40 this year! In my opinion this work should on anyone’s list of top albums. Every track is a pure gem…..no weak links. This was Split Enz’s finest hour. To cap the birthday celebrations the remixed version is No 1 on

Hi there team, welcome to another month of Mal’s Music Memory’s with Little Fire MusicWorks. As it’s August it’s Novelty Songs that made it big or maybe not so big as the case may be. They don’t seem to make novelty songs anymore….. But let’s start as we mean to go on with two of […]

Wheels are starting to turn with the job of relocating the old Mataura Railway Station building. In June last year whatsoninvers reported that the Gore District Council voted to buy the old building from KiwiRail for $1. The building was surplus to requirements for KiwiRail although they still have