Entertainment

Invercargill Filmmaker, Patrick Gillies, has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, that if successful, could see him establish an animation studio in Southland which will help provide work opportunities for skilled graduates and keep them in the region. Mr Gillies is a Film T

Hi team, not exactly the way we’d like to end the week but more sad news from the music world with the sudden passing of Fleetwood Mac’s long, long time keyboard player Christine McVie. McVie died in hospital after a short illness surrounded by her family. Fleetwood Mac put out this tribute “She was

Sad news from the weekend with the passing of Singer-songwriter, actor  Irene Cara. Who doesn’t remember her playing Coco Hernandez in the hit movie Fame? That success was followed a couple of years later with Cara co writing  Flashdance…What A Feeling, the theme from the monster hit movie Flashdanc

It’s official. Rod Stewart has announced that he will be rockin’ Forsyth Barr Stadium next year. Sir Rod was down to do a show in Dunedin, but the pandemic struck , the show was off, and that was that. We were Rodless, so to speak. However great news to cap off a week, Sir Rod […]

An action packed Mike with 90 seconds plus. Today mayor Nobby & I discuss local Government conference, Waka Kotahi, Three waters thats now five waters and what do young people want in our city?

Tauranga-born blues artist Grant Haua will be performing in the south over the next few days, on the back of an extensive European summer festival. His five-week tour of New Zealand includes gigs in Gore on Wednesday, Stewart Island on Thursday and He Waka Tuia in Invercargill on Friday night. Haua

Invercargill’s popular Southern Pro Wrestling are set for a huge return after a 15 month hiatus due to COVID-19! Before COVID-19 swept the world, SPW, also known as ‘’Wrestling on the Edge of the World’’ were featured on TVNZ and had regular sold out events including record breaking numbers at ILT S

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