Malcolm Gayfer

TROTTING CLUB OFFERS MORE GREAT PRIZES The Northern Southland Trotting Club will once again run a season long competition at their three meetings in the 2016/2017 season which begins on Saturday 1 October.   The club has assembled another great prize package this season and will hold a losing ticket

The first Food Truck Friday has been hailed as a success with estimates of over 500 people taking part and many of the vendors selling out early due to demand. Council’s City Centre Co-ordinator, Kari Graber, said the feedback from patrons and vendors on the event held in Wachner Place had been very

Fair bit or reading here, we reckon that you make a cuppa, with milk (!!) and settle in for a few minutes…. Fonterra Co-operative Group has announced a 65 per cent increase in net profit after tax to $834 million for the financial year ended 31 July 2016 – reflecting a stronger business despite ongo

The demolition crew from Ryal Bush Transport making swift work of clearing the former Salvation Army Building on the Tay / Conon St corner. The site is being cleared to make room for more car parking for Pak n Save. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Photo: whatsoninvers.nz

Experienced project manager Janette Malcolm has been appointed as facilitator of the feasibility study into a new inner-city art gallery in Invercargill. Photo: whatsoninvers.nz Last week it was announced the Invercargill City Council had agreed to fund $50,000 towards the feasibility study. Malcolm

What’s hoped to be the first of many containers of Southland made pastry products has just started its journey to China. The container left Invers based Quality Foods Southland Ltd earlier today bound for Shanghai. whatsoninvers.nz Locked and loaded, China bound, the container with Southland made bu

National MP for Invercargill Sarah Dowie has congratulated providers who have dedicated funding to provide emergency housing places in the South. “Today’s announcement will make a huge difference to the lives of vulnerable New Zealanders in extreme housing need in our region,” Sarah Dowie said. The

Respected outdoors advocate Robin McNeill has been appointed to the board of the New Zealand Walking Access Commission. He served for ten and a half years on the Southland Conservation Board, and has worked closely with NZWAC as a member of the technical advisory committee for the Walking Access Map