Malcolm Gayfer

The Southland Museum and Art Gallery is now being reopened following an evacuation early this afternoon. Museum Manager Paul Horner said the building has now been declared safe to use. An electrician is carrying out repairs after a small transformer overheated in the switchboard but these will not a

There looks to be plenty of work ahead for anyone and everyone in the building trades in the coming months judging by building consent statistics for April. Figures released by the Invercargill City Council show that there will be a heap of work coming up with 16 consents for New Commercial or Indus

A couple of points to note here. The survey shows that business activity is ticking along however it shows the decline in things agricultural. On the positive side the survey shows that Tourism is now enjoying its time in the sun, and long may that prosper. Photo: courtesy NewstalkZB Another point t

South City Mall is coming back into local ownership. The property was sold at auction last night in a $1.8 million deal Auctioneer Sean Bellew confirmed to whatsoninvers that the purchaser is a Southlander but wants to remain anonymous. Sean Bellew says the buyer is not going to sit back and rest on

Almost every mode of transport is being employed as people from every corner of New Zealand and beyond descend on Bluff this Saturday for the 2016 Bluff Oyster & Food Festival at the Festival site in Lee Street, Bluff. So many are heading south for the Festival that tickets are already sold out! Man

A joint emergency exercise between  PowerNet and  The Invercargill Fire Service has ticked all the boxes. Monday morning’s confined space rescue exercise was held in Invercargill  was held to test their combined response to a medical emergency in an underground substation. Neil Ladbrook, Invercargil

Well here we are, its been far to long but we are back with The Rear View Mirror for 2016. Lets start with the local body elections. Looks like the main focus of attention will be on who gets elected onto the Invercargill City Council and who, for whatever reason won’t be there for the […]

Venture Southland is over the moon with the latest release of Southland RTO accommodation figures. Figures show that sustained promotion and marketing over a number of years is paying off with a 45% increase in international guest nights in the region for March 2016 compared to March 2015. Venture S