The Southland Tribune; Edition #43
Sir Tim Shadbolt admitted to hospital for respite care/All Black great’s Invercargill journey for great cause//Insight: What does the Southland Business Chamber actually do?
Sir Tim Shadbolt admitted to hospital for respite care
All Black great’s Invercargill journey for great cause
New Southland Business Chamber board members elected
Insight: What does the Southland Business Chamber actually do?
Today’s Poll…. What’s your go to social media site?
Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #43 (Ice Sports Southland ice rink)
Out & About… Blackadder Butler to the Prince
Plus, our Quick Quiz and more
Sir Tim Shadbolt admitted to hospital for respite care
Sir Tim Shadbolt has been admitted to Calvary Hospital in Invercargill, although his long-time partner Asha Dutt says it’s only for “short respite care”. (READ MORE HERE).
All Black great’s Invercargill journey for great cause
Richie McCaw, the greatest All Black of all time, has confirmed he will hit the road from Queenstown to Invercargill to raise money for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter in May. (READ MORE HERE).
New Southland Business Chamber board members elected
Two new board members have been elected to the Southland Business Chamber leadership. Two vacant board positions were contested by 16 candidates, which was a record number of nominees, along with a record number of votes received. (READ MORE HERE).
Insight: What does the Southland Business Chamber actually do?
Today we are launching a weekly column spot called “Insight”. We have asked leaders of various Southland organisations to share a bit about some of the wins they are having and also some of the challenges they may be facing. We start today with Southland Business Chamber’s CEO Sheree Carey. (READ MORE HERE).
Sixteen-year-old wins back-to-back national championships
Alex Crosbie, a Year 12 student at Southland Boys' High School, sealed the New Zealand Formula Ford title at Ruapuna in Christchurch on Sunday. (READ MORE HERE).
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Quick Quiz….
1. Which Invercargill artist has her work displayed in the Langlands Hotel rooms?
2. Who was the Southlander who made his Highlanders Super Rugby debut off the bench on Saturday?
3. The Menzies Building in Invercargill was an office building, what is it now being transformed into?
4. Who is the chief executive for the New Zealand Aluminium Smelter at Tiwai Point?
5. In what year did Sir Tim Shadbolt first become Invercargill’s mayor?
(SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR ANSWERS)
Today’s Poll…
Ship graveyard….
Paul Heads of Chasing Nature Photography captured these brilliant photos of retired ships the Miro and Rita at the ship graveyard at Greenpoint, Bluff.
Out & About….
Blackadder Butler to the Prince - March 29 to April 1 - Invercargill Repertory
We re-join our dastardly dynasty for the final time and Blackadder's fallen on rather hard times.
Edmund Blackadder esq. is scraping a living as butler to the stupidest man in England. Heir to the throne of the insane King George III, the Prince Regent of Wales. Vulgar, crazy, staggeringly slow-and-dim-witted, Prince George exhausts the country's money and would surely be dead by now were it not for his dry, angry, bitter, arrogant and cynical butler.
Blackadder - the ex-aristocrat as you'd expect, is full of self-loathing knowing that he should have a better position than in the service of a lunatic. With Sod-off Baldrick, his dirty, smelly peasant servant, and the annoying Mrs. Miggins the cheerful coffee-shoppe owner, there are 'cunning plans' and ridiculousness galore as you'd expect from the Blackadder characters created by Richard Curtis and Ben Elton.
Parental Guidance is recommended.
Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #43
(We think it’s worth reminding ourselves why Southland is such a special place, so that’s what we’ll do regularly)
We’ve got an ice skating rink, and very good one to be precise.
The Ice Sports Southland ice rink in Gore has for many years been home to ice skating in Southland whether it be for ice hockey, curling, or just some skating fun.
The rink has just undergone an upgrade with its grand re-opening held at the weekend. It’s even more reason to check out this venue in Gore.
Come and experience the chills, thrills, speed and elegance of curling, ice hockey, speed skating and figure skating, for all ages.
Whether an adult or a toddler , there’s something to have a go at. Ice Sports Southland run Learn to Play Ice Hockey, Learn to skate, Kiwiskate, private lessons, public session skating and group sessions. Join an Ice Hockey team or try social Curlin.
The Ice Sports Southland ice rink is situated on Wayland Street West (off Robertson Street) at the Gore Multi Sports Complex alongside the Gore Aquatic Centre, MLT Event Centre and Eastern Southland Hockey turf.
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In case you missed it….
‘Survival mode’: Invercargill Licensing Trust CEO Chris Ramsay says the organisation will go close to hitting the $8 million community funding mark again, after previously being in ‘survival mode’ during Covid-19. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content)
Exhibition: “Everyone knows that Captain Cook landed in Dusky, but something I think isn’t well known is the story of the people he met. Unusually for European explorers of the period, the engagement between Tangata whenua and Cook was completely civil.” (READ MORE HERE).
Quiz Answers….
Trudy Burdon 2. Jack Taylor 3. A hotel 4. Chris Blenkiron 5. 1993