Malcolm Gayfer

Hey there team. I’ve been mulling this over for a few days, just wondering how much in money and goods and services has been raised, pledged here in Southland for our friends and neighbours particularly in the Hawkes Bay, Tairawhiti region along with Northland and Auckland. We’ve all seen the film c

Hey there team. I took advantage of the great summer weather to get some pics of what’s going on building wise around our fare city. There’s some activity happening around the Invercargill Business Property Hub but I couldn’t get in as it was closed off in preparation for the Burt Munro Street races

The winds of change seem to be blowing at TVNZ The broadcaster has decided that there is no room for the long running find-a- crim show after nearly 20 years of being on our screens, TVNZ say Ten 7 Aotearoa (formerly Police Ten 7) will end in April after 20 years of exclusive and unprecedented […]

Another one of the greats has left us. American songwriter, arranger, performer past away at the end of this week aged 94. Bacharach along with lyricist Hal David put together some of the best known songs to come out of the USA in the pop era. Many, in fact most of their songs became hits […]

Very, very sad news this week with news that one of our finest, Ann Robbie passed away earlier this week. Ann, described as a Pocket Rocket in one obituary has had a long involvement in the world of pipe band music and pipe bands. Read Alister MacGregor’s tribute Never Say Never from the Royal New [

This from the RNZAF P-3K2 – Orion fly past. Hey there team, keep your camera’s handy and keep an eye on the skies for this flypast this afternoon. Note the times could be approximate. ORION FLYPAST ALERT The last two of our P-3K2 Orion fleet are heading for Base Woodbourne today following a close […

It’s not been the best way to start a new year with more than a few top names leaving us for the great gig in the sky. Here in good ol’ NZ we lost Larry Morris . Larry was the biz in the 60’s (older followers will recall) as front man for top band Larry’s […]

Well, oh so sad news to start the year with news of the passing of guitar legend Jeff Beck. The word “legend” gets bandied about describing this person and that person but Jeff Beck attained legendary status in the world of rock and all its genres. The British guitarist passed away this week after [