The Southland Tribune; Edition #290
Can SIT prove it is financially sustainable? | 'It's Southland's future – we need to have our say' | The Roar Podcast: Ft. Kane Thompson | Southland Boys' High School appoints new rector
Can SIT prove it is financially sustainable?
The Southern Institute of Technology has a challenge on its hands to prove it has a “robust pathway to financial sustainability” and re-establish itself as independent organisation. (READ MORE HERE).
'It's Southland's future – we need to have our say'
Invercargill businesswoman Carla Forbes was the face of the 2019 Stand Up for SIT campaign which rallied against the then Government’s planned polytechnic merger. That lobbying did not halt the merger. Five years on and Forbes is back in lobbying mode calling on Southlanders to again make a stand, this time asking that independence be returned for the Southern Institute of Technology. (READ MORE HERE).
The Roar Podcast: Ft. Kane Thompson
Our special guest this week on The Roar is Southland Stags assistant coach Kane Thompson. Kane talks about joining the Stags as a loan player in 2005 and now returning in 2024 to join the coaching team for this year’s NPC. Hosts Nick Jeffrey and Logan Savory also delve into other Southland sporting happenings, including the Stags’ Ranfurly Shield loss, Southern Steel signings, Queens Park’s Donald Gray Cup title, and SBHS’ South Island schools title - plus more. (HAVE A LISTEN HERE).
Southland Boys' High School appoints new rector
Southland Boys’ High School has a new rector with the school board appointing Ray Laurenson to replace Simon Coe who has shifted north. The Board engaged the services of experienced recruitment specialists EDSOL NZ, to support them with the rector appointment which it said was “a rigorous and robust process”. (READ MORE HERE).
Energy squeeze: Smelter further reduces electricity consumption
New Zealand’s Aluminium Smelter (NZAS) at Tiwai has agreed to reduce electricity consumption by another 20 megawatts (MW) to further help New Zealand’s national grid, as the energy squeeze continues. (READ MORE HERE).
Sav's Sidelines: Propping production line keeps rolling on
SBHS First XV coach Jason Dermody says the national schools selectors need to be looking this way as the Invercargill school continues its record of producing promising props. (READ MORE HERE).
Quick Quiz…
Which musician will perform at Rugby Park in Invercargill on Saturday night?
Which club clinched Southland football’s 2024 Donald Gray Cup title on Friday night?
Who won the ILT Supreme Award at the 2024 Southland Creative Awards on Saturday night?
Donna Wilkins will coach which ANZ Premiership team in 2025?
The 18 Eden Avenue show will be held at which Invercargill venue on Saturday night?
Answers: 1. Sam Cullen 2. Queens Park 3. Steve Solomon 4. Mainland Tactix 5. Civic Theatre
In case you missed it…
Sam Cullen: The opportunity to play a gig at Rugby Park is somewhat personal for Sam Cullen. The born and bred talented Southland musician - who is now based in Auckland - will return to Invercargill to perform in front of what’s hoped to be a big crowd at Rugby Park on Saturday night. (READ MORE HERE).
18 Eden Avenue: It’s a fitting goodbye for Meadow Bodkin-Allen. On Saturday night the Invercargill teenager will take to the Civic Theatre stage and play the role of Poppy in the show 18 Eden Avenue. It is the show her mother Sally helped write. (READ MORE HERE).
Grace St Project: Former Southland Just Transition programme co-chairs Neil McAra and Aimee Kaio have both praised the Grace Street Project which will see a rundown old chapel turned into a community hub. (READ MORE HERE).
