The Southland Tribune; Edition #57
Skelt remains as city councillor despite sudden stadium departure/Insight: Upwards of $1.7m funding approved at last ILT board meeting/Southland cyclists perform at road nationals
Skelt remains as city councillor despite sudden stadium departure
Insight: Upwards of $1.7m funding approved at last ILT board meeting
Southland cyclists perform at road nationals
Today’s Poll…. Will the Steel win a game in 2023?
Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #57 [Northern Southland Heritage Trail]
Out & About… Routeburn Classic
Skelt remains as city councillor despite sudden stadium departure
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark says Nigel Skelt has not resigned as an Invercargill city councillor despite departing his job at ILT Stadium Southland on “medical grounds” and for “personal reasons”. (READ MORE HERE).
Insight: Upwards of $1.7m funding approved at last ILT board meeting
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s weekly column spot called “Insight”. We’ve 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. This week Invercargill Licensing Trust CEO Chris Ramsay provides an insight into what the ILT is all about. [READ MORE HERE]
Southland cyclists perform at road nationals
Mike White was one of the top Southland performers at the Age Group Road National Championships in Timaru, taking out the bunch sprint from a select chase group behind solo winner Andy Beale from Canterbury to claim the silver medal. (READ MORE HERE)
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Quick Quiz….
1. Who did Ben Bell beat by eight votes to become the Gore mayor in October last year?
2. Kate French and Melissa Dykes were last month elected onto the board of what Southland organisation?
3. Before ILT Stadium Southland was built where did the Southern Sting play its home games?
4. Who was the owner and face of Cue TV when it closed in 2015?
5. Name the Southlander who claimed a silver medal as part of the NZ sprint cycling team at the 2016 Olympic Games?
(SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR ANSWERS)
Today’s Poll…
Out & About…
Routeburn Classic - April 29
Channel your inner mountain goat on the Routeburn Classic. Run over New Zealand’s world-famous Routeburn Track this month, the Challenge thumbs its nose at convention as participants tackle the 32km track in one day.
Starting at The Divide and finishing at the Routeburn Shelter the track climbs to 1127m above sea level at Harris Saddle, as you span two national parks, including the World Heritage Area of Fiordland.
The Routeburn Classic is an exclusive event and limited to 350 lucky athletes. The compulsory race briefing is at 7pm in Te Anau on Friday 28 April at the Turnbull room in the Distinction Hotel, Lake front Te Anau.
Why Southland is a gem…. Reason #57
(We think it’s worth reminding ourselves why Southland is such a special place, so that’s what we’ll do regularly)
Northern Southland Heritage Trail. Travelling by car, visit the 15 heritage sites on this trail that spans a distance of 110km between Kingston and the Josephville Hill. Along the way enjoy an expanse of plains, crossed by rivers and surrounded by majestic mountains.
Pakeha pioneers came to this region in the mid-1850s, cutting down and burning the bush to create farmland. Building basic dwellings first, they later established homesteads, many of which still stand today. Prior to this, Maori came to the plains for hunting and fishing, or passed through on pounamu (greenstone) expeditions into Fiordland.
In later years, many of the larger farm runs were split up into smaller units. When the railway came through to Kingston in 1878, it marked the real birth of the area, bringing prosperity to the district by ways of employment and the opening up of further land tracts for habitation and farming.
Download a pdf version of the Northern Southland Heritage Trail here
In case you missed it….
A historic building on the corner of Dee St and Tay St has been suggested as a potential home for a future public art gallery in Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Rugby partnership: Japanese club Toyota Verblitz has formed a unique partnership with an Invercargill rugby club with three players to take to the Southland playing fields next month. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Quiz Answers….
Tracy Hicks 2. Centennial Hall 3. Southland Business Chamber 4. Tom Conroy 5. Eddie Dawkins