The Southland Tribune; Edition #12

Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition/Mayor's Message: Bikers, get yourself home safely

Feb 10, 2023

Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition
Mayor's Message: Bikers, get yourself home safely
Today’s poll… Which is the better movie filmed in Invercargill?
Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #12 E Hayes & Sons
Out & About…. Invercargill Park Run
Plus, Stories Elsewhere, our Quick Quiz and more

Spotlight on Southland Sport: Friday Edition

Included in today’s Spotlight on Sport: Friday Edition is a yarn with new Rugby Southland Director of Rugby Matt Saunders who talks about why he put his hand up for the job and why he wants to try to help provide Southland fans the success they deserve. (READ MORE)

Mayor's Message: Bikers, get yourself home safely

“One of the things we want out of this, other than the economic benefits of them being here, is for all of them to get home safe.” (READ MORE)

Quick Quiz….

Where in Southland is a pilot project taking place to evaluate commercial land-based whitebait farming?
What is the name of the popular Tuatara who lives at the closed museum in Invercargill?
Which event will celebrate its 5th birthday at Queens Park on Saturday morning?
Who is the captain of the Southern Steel?
In 2017 South Alive opened a bulk grocery and speciality foods store with a community cafe, what is the name of it?

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Today’s poll…

Quote of the Week….

“This is kind of like the moment I’ve always dreamed of. This is the moment when I was I was a kid, that was a dream. You can’t even put it into words.” Southland musician Michael Kuresa talks about the release of his debut single Across the Ocean.

Stories Elsewhere….

This Southland Express story is worth a read on University of Canterbury graduate engineering student Nico Smith who has been inspired by Burt Munro creating an electric vehicle that she will take to Bonneville’s Speed Week in the United States in August. The vehicle will be on display at this week’s Burt Munro Challenge in Invercargill.

Check out more of the Southland Express story by clicking here.

Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #12

(We think it’s worth reminding ourselves why Southland is such a special place, so that’s what we’ll do regularly)

E Hayes & Sons Motorworks Collection: Every year hundreds of visitors from all around the world journey to E Hayes and Sons store for one reason; to see a remarkable vintage motorcycle with their own eyes. It's the story of "The World's Fastest Indian"; the legend of Burt Munro.

Today, Burt's original 1920 Indian Scout forms the centerpiece of a unique display of over one hundred classic, vintage and modern motorcycles, automobiles, engines, equipment and memorabilia that makes up the Motorworks Collection

While similar types of displays are housed in museums, you'll find the collection spread throughout an independently owned hardware store.

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Out and About….

For those who want to give the Invercargill Park Run a try and haven’t, its fifth birthday event tomorrow (Saturday morning) is probably a good start.

The record attendance to date is 218 and what a birthday present it would be to topple that tomorrow.

First-timers are asked to show up just outside at the Queens Park Cricket Pavilion at 7.50am for a briefing, before the full briefing at 7.55am. The runners, joggers, walkers then set off at 8am.

Just want to volunteer? Head along and make yourself known.

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In case you missed it….

Birthday party: The Invercargill Park Run will celebrate its fifth birthday on Saturday. Its first event was held on February 10, 2018 and 217 Park Runs later it is a Queens Park institution. (READ MORE HERE)