Malcolm Gayfer

Sky watchers get your cameras and binoculars for a lunar eclipse tonight (tues) A lunar eclipse happens when the moon travels through the Earth’s shadow. If the moon only partly makes it into the shadow, that’s a partial eclipse. In a total eclipse, the moon becomes fully immersed and takes on a red

Today is the big day for trotting and harness racing in NZ with the running of the IRT NZ Trotting Cup at Christchurch’s  Addington Raceway. (IRT stands for International Racehorse Transport.) IRT have instrumental in bringing some top Aussie trotters over for the race which has a stake of $600,000

Phew. Just when I thought that we’d covered most things going on in Invers I come across some more. Here’s a few to be going on with. As we’ve reported, work has started on the Hawthorndale Care Village. An entrance way is being created on Tay Street while this old beauty, the Hawthorndale Scout Hal

Two business’s that have a significant  presence in Invers are marking major milestones this weekend. Automotive parts company Repco are celebrating 100 years in the automotive game and still going strong. Repco started in a tin shed in Collingwood Australia and grew in to the Replacement Parts Comp

A special rail excursion train will roll in to Invers later tomorrow (Thurs) The Sir Edmund Hillary Explorer will roll in to our city pulling several passenger carriages from the days when we had passenger trains travelling the length and breadth of NZ. The train which is on a 13 day tour of the Sou

Sad news today with the passing of  Jerry Lee Lewis. Jerry Lee passed away aged 87 due to natural causes. Nicknamed “the Killer“, he was described as “Rock and roll‘s first great wild man and one of the most influential pianists of the 20th century. From Wikipedia His life was far from black and whi

I had some time up my sleeve over the weekend so I went drives to get a few pics of what’s going on, and there is plenty. Apart from the big ticket items like The Langlands Hotel and Invercargill Central there are some interesting projects in progress or near completion. The former and very distinct

Saturday night will be rock n roll night as we celebrate the Platinum anniversary of  the Southland Rock n Roll Hall of Fame at the Ascot Park Hotel. The show was to feature 4 of Southland’s top bands from the 60’s and 70’s but sadly they’ve had to drop to three due to Dave Kennedy […]