Malcolm Gayfer

The Cone of Silence. Once a gimmick on Get Smart has been revived and appears to be working a treat here in Invers. Here’s two or three examples where the C of S has been used to great effect lately Firstly the massive breakdown on the City Council, you know the one which cost Darren […]

Hold them up to ridicule, you know, the last bastion of the old style government department job for life syndrome. But we at WOI are shocked and dismayed to hear that IRD has announced plans to discard up to 30% of its staff nationwide over a period of time.  That’s up to 2000 good, honest […]

An earthquake of magnitude 6.8 struck south of New Zealand’s South Island on Tuesday night, the United States Geological Survey said. There were no immediate reports of  damage or injuries from the quake, which hit 196 km (122 miles) northwest of Auckland Island, at a depth of 10 km (6.2 miles). Civ

The ILT Kidzone will go on.  This despite thieves stealing one of the main features of the annual school holiday event. Organisers say the Spider Web Experience unit was stolen along with the vehicle that tows it. The vehicle and trailer unit was subsequently found crashed and badly damaged. A spoke

Yes, 10 July 1967 we made the switch from pounds, shillings and pence to dollars and cents. Certainly a big move and a cultural shock for a few. The architect of the move was finance minister of the day, Mr RD Muldoon. Didn’t we talk about him regards another matter recently? And here is how […]

Two in one day! If you’ve been scanning the interweb today for local issues, a couple of crackers have surfaced. Firstly The Southland Times has a story running that Mayor Tim Shadbolt and a delegation of Council representatives plan to go to sister city Kumagaya during the 2019 Rugby World Cup. As

Hi team, here’s a 4th of July Independence Day special for our friends from the land of the free and the brave in and around Invers and for our whatsoninvers followers over in the 51 states, 52 if you count ZZ Top. Here’s a couple of gems from the glory days of American Rock n […]

Here’s a good story from RNZ… We’ve all associated in some with this landmark Cathedral over the years, until the horrendous earthquake 6 years ago. Since then its been a visual eyesore in the centre of Christchurch Up to $25mil in Government funding to reinstate the Cathedral, Is this sending a str