The Southland Tribune; Edition #309
Museum debate: How much digital is too much digital? | Southland's billion dollar aquaculture quest gets 'fast track' boost | Sean Withy named 2024 Stag of the Year
Museum debate: How much digital is too much digital?
The Invercargill City Council has already made its digital quest pretty clear. It wants the region’s new museum experience to be 70 percent digital. It’s part of the push for a “wow factor” and to appeal to younger generations through various digital elements. But it appears the Youth Council isn’t sold. (READ MORE HERE).
Southland's billion dollar aquaculture quest gets 'fast track' boost
“These projects, if consented, will provide benefits to the Southland regional economy, including high-paying jobs, increased exports, and reliable infrastructure."(READ MORE HERE)
Councillors divided over costs attached to cultural preference
“I think this is going to cause a really divisive cultural argument. It’s going to blow up and create a Māori wards type scenario… I just see this being horrific and creating a giant cultural divide.” (READ MORE HERE).
Sean Withy named 2024 Stag of the Year
Sean Withy’s Southland homecoming has been capped off by being named the 2024 Stags Player of the Year on Tuesday night. Withy was touted as one of Southland rugby’s most important signings in many years, both on the back of what the Highlanders loose forward brings to the Stags in a player capacity and the message it sent around a talented Southlander returning home. (READ MORE HERE).
Focus starts to switch to what's needed in 2025
With the full stop dotted on the Stags’ 2024 NPC season, like always the focus now switches to ensuring some sort of continuity for 2025. Although Rugby Southland director of rugby and Stags coach Matt Saunders says that won’t halt them from making tough decisions around cutting some players in a quest for improvement next year. (READ MORE HERE).
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Quick Quiz…
Invercargill Deputy Mayor Tom Campbell was general manager of which company prior to joining local body politics?
Where in Southland will you find Newman Park?
Guy Molloy has stood down as coach of which Southland sports team?
Invercargill city councillor Steve Broad, as a 19-year-old, finished third in what televised competition in 2005?
Which New Zealand motorsport legend was the guest speaker at a Hospice Southland fundraiser in Invercargill on Saturday night?
Answers: 1. Tiwai Point aluminium 2. Gore 3. Southland Sharks 4. New Zealand Idol 5. Greg Murphy
In case you missed it…
Sir Tim’s visit to “skinheads’: “I can honestly say that we never had issues after that because he went and took that initiative to go and speak to those people that were causing trouble. A lot of people would not know about him doing that.” (READ MORE HERE).
$30k raised: Cruise 4 Care has raised $30,000 on the back of its “Night out for Hospice” fundraising event which featured Kiwi motorsport icon Greg Murphy. The event, held on Saturday in Invercargill, saw an outstanding turnout, and raised over $30,000, all of which will go towards supporting the vital services Hospice Southland provides to the community. (READ MORE HERE).
Rain, rain go away: “It's nobody's fault, there's nothing anyone can do. August, September and early October [the bad weather] has been unreal. We've just got to keep going forward.” (READ MORE HERE).
