Malcolm Gayfer

Wow, that was a bolt from the blue, the news through the week that the Queen of Rock n Roll, Tina Turner has passed away. Tina died aged 83 at her home in Switzerland after battling  illness for a long time. What a life she lead, the lows were about as low as one could […]

Hey there team. It’s that time again to honour those from the world of entertainment who have gone to The Great Gig In The Sky as Pink Floyd put it. Some we have already covered like Jeff Beck, Burt Bacharach and David Crosby. The list is at best extensive so here are but a few […]

The sun shone in majestic fashion as a tree was planted in Queens Park to mark coronation of King Charles 111 on Saturday morning. What will become an mighty and noble Rimu was planted in the Ron Petrie Gardens by deputy mayor Tom Campbell in front of fellow councilors and a small group of supporter

ANZAC Day is today, Lest We Forget. A day for us all to take a step back and think for a moment all that have served in battlefields near and far over many, many decades. Many of those who have served did not return, did not return to live full, productive and prosperous lives, but […]

Hey there team. I’ve been mulling this over for a few days, just wondering how much in money and goods and services has been raised, pledged here in Southland for our friends and neighbours particularly in the Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti region along with Northland and Auckland. We’ve all seen the film c

Hey there team. I took advantage of the great summer weather to get some pics of what’s going on building wise around our fare city. There’s some activity happening around the Invercargill Business Property Hub but I couldn’t get in as it was closed off in preparation for the Burt Munro Street races

The winds of change seem to be blowing at TVNZ The broadcaster has decided that there is no room for the long running find-a- crim show after nearly 20 years of being on our screens, TVNZ say Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7) will end in April after 20 years of exclusive and unprecedented […]

Another one of the greats has left us. American songwriter, arranger, performer past away at the end of this week aged 94. Bacharach along with lyricist Hal David put together some of the best known songs to come out of the USA in the pop era. Many, in fact most of their songs became hits […]