Malcolm Gayfer

It’s been an exciting week or so for some of our younger up and coming athletes. Firstly congrats to all in involved, especially the girls of the Phoenix Synchro Swim Team who competed at the South Island Champs in Dunedin over the weekend. The Phoenix girls came home with the medals coming first! G

Remember the hit TV show Gliding On? Memory’s of working for an old style Government department in Invers will be rekindled with much enthusiasm in November . Organisation of  gathering of former staff of Inland Revenue is rapidly gathering pace. Organiser and former IRD staffer Tracy Kilkelly says

Talofa Lava to our Invers Samoan community. Congratulations on marking 55 years of independance. Samoa celebrates 55 years of independence Samoa celebrates 55 years of independence today with the New Zealand Prime Minister, Bill English and other overseas dignitaries in attendance. Samoa’s Head of S

Mal’s Musical Monday (Thursday) Memory, a Special Edition. It was 50 years ago today 1st June ( 1st day of British summer) 1967 The Beatles released Sgt Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band. Still must be regarded as one of the finest works of modern music. Mal

The lives of rural New Zealanders are at risk every day because of poor connectivity and inequitable health services, a rural health leader says.  Dr Martin London, chair of the Rural Health Alliance of Aotearoa New Zealand (RHAANZ), says government needs to help remove barriers so rural people’s he

Track cycling’s annual corporate pursuit has been bolstered with the announcement of Architecture Unlimited as the new naming sponsor for this year’s event. Passionate supporters of cycling, Architecture Unlimited owners Wayne and Linda Partridge said taking on the popular business house track event

Quit now – it’s about whānau is the message for this year’s World Smokefree Day on Wednesday 31 May, and it starts in Southern homes and communities. The Smokefree team at Southern DHB is encouraging people who smoke to make the most of the occasion and stop for good.  It’s a message local artist Ca

Ben Duffy of Otago and Debbie Garrett of Southland took the Men’s and Ladies Singles titles respectively at the recent Southland Open Table Tennis Championships played in Invercargill. Duffy, the top seed, defeated former Aucklander and second seed Lingnan Kong who is now based in Otago in the Men’s