The Southland Tribune; Edition #327
Six years on: The bank heist that remains unsolved | The book that a dedicated author cruelly never got to see | The Revlon Girl: Cast returns to put on 'emotional play'
Six years on: The bank heist that remains unsolved
We’ve kick-started a weekly ‘Remember When’ series in The Southland Tribune. Today we remember when a brazen bank heist took place in Invercargill and six years on still remains unsolved. (READ MORE HERE).
The book that a dedicated author cruelly never got to see
Rodney Sutton was on his way to deliver the final edits of a book he had been working on for many years when he suffered a heart attack and was involved in a subsequent car accident. He never got to see the published book but his legacy lives on. (READ MORE HERE).
The Revlon Girl: Cast returns to put on 'emotional play'
Set eight months after the Aberfan disaster, which took 144 lives in a small Welsh mining village on October 21, 1966, The Revlon Girl follows a group of women grappling with loss. An all-Invercargill cast has returned to put on three performances of the play starting in Gore on Wednesday night. (READ MORE HERE).
80th AED: A partnership that saves lives
The installation of the 80th Automated External Defibrillator (AED) in Invercargill marks a significant achievement in a joint community programme between Group ILT and Hato Hone St John. (READ MORE HERE).
Advocating to end violence against women and girls
The Zonta Club of Invercargill is proud to again take part in 16 Days of Activism from 25 November to 10 December, alongside Zonta clubs worldwide. The campaign aims to raise awareness and advocate for change to gender-based attitudes and behaviours to end violence against women and girls. (READ MORE HERE).
Special mare wins Winton Cup as jockey club celebrates 150th
Morrie Paskell usually stays out of the limelight and away from photographers after his horses win on race day, but he made an exception at the weekend. He and friend Tim White watched his mare, The Grey Goose, win the Winton Cup at the Winton Jockey Club's 150th anniversary race meeting at Ascot Park on Sunday. (READ MORE HERE).
Sav's Sidelines: Rookie of the Year looks set to return in 2025
Everything is pointing to the return of 2024 Stags Rookie of the Year Faletoi Peni to Southland in 2025. Rugby Southland has worked with Moana Pasifika to allow Auckland-based Peni some time training in the Super Rugby setup at the moment. (READ MORE HERE).
Quick Quiz…
The Ascot Park Hotel grand opening in 1980 was attended by which Prime Minister?
Name the former Southern Steel player who will return to the Steel in 2025 as an assistant coach?
The Ensign is a community newspaper based in which Southland town?
The Invercargill Airport’s first scheduled service was held in which decade?
Which movie - that had its ending set in Invercargill - was filmed over six weeks in 1979?
Answers: 1. Robert Muldoon 2. Liana Leota 3. Gore 4. 1940s (1944 to Dunedin) 5. Goodbye Pork Pie
In case you missed it…
Email stoush: The non-existent working relationship between Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark and long-term councillor Ian Pottinger has again been laid bare, this time in a pointed email exchange. (READ MORE HERE).
Thirsty Thursday: “The weather is shit again and it’s windy and rainy and trees are falling down and I have all these reasonably priced cucumbers and tomatoes but feel like I should be making a casserole.” (READ MORE HERE).
Sarah McCarthy’s Thirsty Thursday column is brought to you each week thanks to Invercargill-based law firm Mee & Henry Law
