The Southland Tribune; Edition #67
The Southland Tribune; Edition #67
How did the Mayor end up dealing with a stadium employment complaint?/Insight: Time to showcase tech talent and innovation in deep south/Saunders: Club rugby improving, but not where it needs to be
How did the Mayor end up dealing with a stadium employment complaint?
Saunders: Club rugby improving, but not where it needs to be
Insight: Time to showcase tech talent and innovation happening in deep south
Iversen family shines as Southland Harriers season starts
Today’s Poll… Monarchy or Republic?
NZ Music Month…. Today’s song selector - Jo Ward
Out & About… Bereaved Mother’s Day Still Mums Lament
How did the Mayor end up dealing with a stadium employment complaint?
Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark hopes to one day explain how he ended up dealing with a complaint aimed at a city councillor in his employment outside of council. Although in the meantime Clark has declined to answer questions on the matter. (READ MORE HERE).
Saunders: Club rugby improving, but not where it needs to be
Rugby Southland director of Rugby Matt Saunders is happy with some of the physicality shown in games but concedes the conditioning and skill level in club rugby isn’t where it needs to be. (READ MORE HERE).
Insight: Time to showcase tech talent and innovation in deep south
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s weekly column spot called “Insight”. This week COIN South general manager Cathy Peters provides an update on its move and the looming New Zealand Tech Week and the events in Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE).
Iversen family shines as Southland Harriers season starts
Queens Park was at its autumn best Saturday as Southland Harriers opened its season with, as you may guess, a run. (READ MORE HERE).
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NZ Music Month…. A Southlander’s song choice
This month is New Zealand Music Month and we at The Southland Tribune are keen to celebrate it. We’ve teamed with the crew at MASSAV Productions and throughout the month we will ask various Southlanders to provide a New Zealand song choice and ask them why they opted for it.
Today’s song selector: JO WARD. Building Coordinator Team Leader - Southland District Council… and a musician herself.
Artist: Netherworld Dancing Toys was a band from Dunedin formed in 1982. In 1985, their single "For Today" reached number 3 in the New Zealand singles chart.
Song selection: For Today.
Why? I love NZ music so this was a very hard choice to make. In the end there was one stand out for me – For Today, Netherworld Dancing Toys. It’s the song that takes me back to hot summer days in my later teenage years, sipping Miami Wine Coolers and hanging with my friends.
The dynamics of the song take me on a journey and it has such a feel-good vibe. It always perks me up when I hear it and gets the endorphins running hot! The brass section is exquisite. As for Annie’s vocals, well what can I say? Soulful and stunning.
Quick Quiz….
1. What’s the name of the third-generation family-owned and operated seafood company based at Ythan St in Invercargill?
2. The Donald Gray Cup is contested for in what sport in Southland?
3. Where in Southland will you find the South Sea Hotel?
4. Sandra Edge played what sport for Southland?
5. HWR Richardson Group is transitioning is heavy transport to what fuel?
(SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR ANSWERS)
Today’s Poll…
Out & About…
Bereaved Mother’s Day Still Mums Lament - Sunday, 2pm - Meccaspresso
This Bereaved Mother’s Day Still Mums is hosting an event for mums irrespective of their age, their child’s age at passing or how long ago. It is an event for remembrance and recognition as them as a mother. Family are welcome to join. Everyone will meet at Meccaspresso for a complimentary hot drink, then walk to Otepuni Gardens for the ceremony.
In case you missed it….
Nigel Skelt was the subject of a sexual harassment complaint prior to his sudden departure as ILT Stadium Southland’s general manager last month. Correspondence released to The Tribune by the Invercargill City Council on Monday, showed Invercargill Mayor Nobby Clark had been working with a third party in regard to the complaint involving Skelt. (READ MORE HERE).
More than sport: Sporting success is really only half the story when it comes to SBS Bank Academy Southland. Since 2004 the two-year programme has been supporting many of the province’s best young athletes to be the best they can be, playing an integral role alongside their parents and wider families, schools, coaches, regional and national sporting bodies, sponsors and community funders. (READ MORE HERE).
Ex-pats party again: The famous Southland Party is returning to Parliament in Wellington after a three-year hiatus and will be staged on Friday June 23. Up to 220 ex-pat Southlanders living in the capital, residents from the deep south, as well as people with connections to the province further afield, will gather in Parliament’s Grand Hall. (READ MORE HERE).
Touch-and-go: Marty Banks looks like a touch-and-go prospect for the start of the Southland Stags’ 2023 National Provincial Championship season. Banks has undergone surgery on his groin with the plan to be ready to go for the Stags’ round one game against Waikato on August 6 in Invercargill. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Quiz Answers….
Kings 2. Football 3. Stewart Island 4. Netball 5. Hydrogen