Malcolm Gayfer

Silo collapse at Fonterra’s Edendale plant fm rnz news Emergency services are at the scene of Fonterra’s Edendale plant in Southland, after a raw milk silo collapsed this afternoon. A Fonterra spokesperson told RNZ the priority was accounting for staff at the plant. The Fire Service said it was aler

Leading red meat processor and exporter and Invercargill based Alliance Group is encouraging farmers to attend one of its 19 road-show events across the country next month. The co-operative’s annual road-show, which begins in Darfield on 4th October, will provide farmer shareholders and suppliers wi

Alliance Group has signed an agreement with Grand Farm at a ceremony in China as the companies seek to strengthen the partnership. Alliance Group chief executive David Surveyor, who was part of New Zealand Prime Minister Rt. Hon John Key’s business delegation to the country, signed the agreement in

For our strong Dutch community across Southland – Dutch King and Queen to visit New Zealand   His Majesty King Willem-Alexander and Her Majesty Queen Máxima of The Netherlands will visit New Zealand from 7 to 9 November 2016. The King and Queen will be accompanied by Foreign Minister Bert Koenders a

Yay and double Yay!!!! That’s for local Italian Restaurant Mama Lina bringing in a specialist pizza oven. Can just about smell it all now, beautiful……a proper pizza with all those wonderful Italian toppings. Photo: whatsonivers.nz From next week not only the exquisite pasta dishes but proper pizza,

Gee things are really moving at a pace when it comes to commercial building activity. I went for a drive with my trusty little camera the other day and took these pics – Work is getting underway with the City Council commercial development on the old Todd’s Auction site on Don St. Photo: whatsoninve

Invercargill Police are seeking Waipatu Winitana-Waihirere and have a warrant for his arrest . The 22-year-old is from Invercargill, and is also known to have links in Christchurch and Timaru. Winitana-Waihirere is described as being 175cm tall and of stocky build. Anyone who knows where he may be i

Here are the winners from last night’s Venture Southland Inter-Schools Speech Contest at Aurora College. Well Done to everyone who participated. It’s no easy thing speaking in public, in fact it’s widely regarded as one of our greatest fears. A good way to overcome it or at least come to grips with