Malcolm Gayfer

Newshub’s Paddy Gower has this explosive story Newshub can reveal the Government is on the brink of a major backdown and it’s on one of the election’s big issues – immigration. Immigration was due to be tightened on August 14 but there’s been a backlash from employers and the regions. Sources have t

Shocked, shocked, shocked!! That’s the WOI team on learning of the passing of one of invers true identities this weekend. Well known chef-come teacher Scott Richardson passed away this weekend. Scott’s passing leaves an unfillable (if there is such a word) hole in the culinary world of invers partic

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