Malcolm Gayfer

We all know that Southland covers a vast land area and the weather can be at best unpredictable. So here’s a good story about how farmers can get precise weather info for their farming operations. Any Southland farmers signing up to get one of these weather gizmo’s ? Fonterra farmers will come toget

Katrina Thomas from western Southland has won the Dairy Women’s Network’s Dairy Community Leadership Award. The award was presented at the Dairy Women’s Network’s annual conference held in Queenstown. Awarded to an unsung heroes of rural communities it recognises the voluntary role dairy farming wom

Building activity in Invercargill  appears to be tapering off as winter sets in ICC building consent stats for April show a decrease in most categories compared to the same time last year. One of the sharpest drops is consents issued for New Commercial Industrial Buildings and Alterations. There wer

What a ghastly way to wind up April. A tragedy beyond comprehension, the shooting that saw a mother dead and at least three families decimated. What can we say? We can say that some of the reportage was dreadful. And we at whatsoninvers let ourselves down on the night of with our request for pics […

Police seeking information on stolen Ford Falcon Police are asking for the assistance of the public to locate a classic Ford Falcon that was stolen from a farm shed in Mossburn, Southland. The vehicle was taken sometime between 3pm on 8 April 2017 and 6pm on 1 May 2017. It is described as being a […

Here’s a discussion starter for the weekend. It’s reported that the City Council’s planned Chinese Garden will go ahead in Queens Park and won’t be referred back to the new council for consideration. The new garden is said to cost in the region of $600k. Here’s a couple of questions – 1/ Do we have

The pot is starting to boil over proposed changes to traffic patterns in inner city invers. A proposed right turn from Dee street  into Esk Street Mall and opening lower Don St to two way traffic at this stage appear to be the main points of contention. Re-opening the Dee-Kelvin street of Don street

We’re sad to report that Mama Lina Restaurant and Pizzeria has officially closed. Ella and her team worked beyond the call to bring a touch of Italy to Invers but sadly it wasn’t to be. Just goes to show how fickle and difficult the hospitality industry can be. To add insult, someone placed a brick