Malcolm Gayfer

Harness racing is in for a shake up in the south in the up-coming season. Arguably the biggest shock is that harness racing at Wyndham is gone and Invercargill loses 5 meetings Wyndham loses 7 race days while Gore goes from 6 meetings to 1 in the upcoming season. Forbury Park at Dunedin has been […]

British PM Boris Johnson hosted New Zealand nurse Jenny McGee at Downing Street, as well as other medical professionals for tea in the garden of Downing Street to mark the 72nd anniversary of the United Kingdom’s National Health Service. After being released from hospital Johnson said two nurses – J

Air New Zealand will resume its service today, operating on Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. The first flight landed about 12.40pm  departed less than an hour later at 1.25pm in gloomy conditions. It was first launched last year and was heralded as a game changer. But Covid-19 and lockdown put a

They say Death visits thrice. For me the last 10 days or so has seen that character visit 4 times, to people I have known or known of. Sadly one of those in the “known of” category is ever jovial sports identity and drummer, Peter White. Peter was struck down with Motor Neuron disease earlier […]

The Government’s free and healthy school lunches programme moves south for the first time creating jobs for around 30 people in Otago and Southland. “Eighteen schools with 3000 students are joining the programme – 11 have already begun serving lunches, and seven are preparing to start during Term 3.

Heritage Properties NZ have exposed the foundations of the first brick building in Invercargill, which was constructed in 1863 under the former ASB building on Esk Street. An Archaeology investigation is currently taking place. The brick walls are part of the first brick building erected in Invercar

A radio voice from the past is returning. Former general manager of The Radio Network of stations in Southland, Lee Piper is returning as host of the new The Country Sports Breakfast show. Piper’s show will be heard on the AM frequencies vacated by the sudden shutdown of Radio Sport at the end of Ma

Toastie warm or sweating about it 🥵? We’ve had 3 fireplace related fires this week – Yikes! 😳 🔥 Wood next to fireplace caught fire 🔥 Home filled with smoke because of chimney fire 🔥 Home filled with smoke because a log was jammed in the fireplace 🏠 Keep a clear area at least 1m […]