The Southland Tribune; Edition #96
Southland-based company makes 'significant' investment into First Table/Survey: Highest level of business pessimism since 2021/THE SCENE: From SIT to the formation of Filth Wizard
Southland-based company makes 'significant' investment into First Table
Survey: Highest level of business pessimism since 2021
THE SCENE: From SIT to the formation of Filth Wizard
Insight: 600 scholarships, over $4 million dollars
Today’s Poll… What’s your ABs World Cup prediction?
Out & About… Winter Wapati Weekend
Southland-based company invests 'significantly' into First Table
Community Trust South-owned Invest South has made a “significant investment” into First Table, a leading hospitality technology platform. (READ MORE HERE).
Survey: Highest level of business pessimism since 2021
Eighty percent of respondents in the Southland Business Chamber's May survey expect the general business situation in New Zealand to deteriorate in the next six months. (READ MORE HERE).
THE SCENE: From SIT to the formation of Filth Wizard
Invercargill group Filth Wizard is made up of Tyler Reynolds (Guitar), Hanna Ott (Bass), and Joseph O’Donnell (Drums). Hanna provides us with an insight into their journey and their music. (READ MORE HERE).
Insight: 600 scholarships, over $4 million dollars
Welcome to The Southland Tribune’s “Insight” column we’re leaders of various Southland get an opportunity to share a bit about their organisation. Today ILT CEO Chris Ramsay provides an insight into what’s been happening at the ILT. (READ MORE HERE).
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Quick Quiz….
1. Which popular event will take place at Southland Girls’ High School from July 5 to 10?
2. Which Southland sports team is Andrew Wheeler an assistant coach for?
3. Neil McAra is the president of which Southland organisation?
4. What prominent position in Gore does Keith Hovell hold?
5. Southland’s Sammy Murrell represented the New Zealand under-20 women's team in what sport?
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Today’s Poll…
Out & About…
Winter Wapati Weekend - June 30 to July 2 - Te Anau
The FWF and Te Anau are opening up for a weekend to beat the winter blues.
Trade show, guest speakers, seminars, hunting comp, cooking demonstrations by NZ top cooks, good food and beer!
Friday, June 30 6pm – Fiordland Cinema (Camo carpet event, dress code camo)
The Movie ‘Beyond the Odds’ – the story of the Fiordland Wapiti Foundation (two years in the making). A behind the scenes documentary of the most successful hunter-led conservation project in New Zealand with a local focussed insight into the day-to-day work carried out by their volunteer team, the projects they are presently undertaking, the challenges they face, and the spin-off for the surrounding Southland community. (Repeat screenings Saturday and Sunday) Come have some fun, full the belly’s and maybe learn a thing or two.
Saturday, July 1 – 9am to 5pm – Fiordland Event Centre
Fifty trade booths, displays, goods for sale. Food vans. Licenced bar. Wild food stalls. Fiordland Wapiti venison. Fun for kids. Seminars on conservation, health and wellbeing, hunting, head-skinning, butchering, shooting, knife making and more. Historical Wapiti trophy display. Wapiti photo competition display. National deer competition photo display.
We will have some of NZs tops chefs showing of their skills cooking Wild Fiordland Wapiti Venison.
Saturday, July 1 _ 1pm to 2.30pm, 3pm-4.30pm – Top 10 Kitchen
The Fiordland Wapiti Venison story. Cooking demonstration by some of NZ’s leading wild food chefs using management deer from the Wapiti area of Fiordland.
Saturday nights all about repeat eat and raising money for the FWF conservation projects.
Saturday, July 1 – 7pm to midnight – Fiordland Event Centre
The Viv Donald Fundraising Event. Licenced Bar. Finger Food. Auctions. Guest Speaker. Sundays about doing all again and handing out 20k worth of prizes.
Sunday, July 2 – 9am to 4pm – Fiordland Event Centre
Fifty trade booths, displays, goods for sale. Food vans. Licenced bar. Wild food stalls. Fiordland Wapiti venison. Fun for kids. Seminars on conservation, health and wellbeing, hunting, head-skinning, butchering, shooting, knife making and more. Historical Wapiti trophy display. Wapiti photo competition display. National deer competition photo display and more.
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In case you missed it….
Petition ‘malicious’: Gore District councillors have apologised to staff for the stress they have been put under while also booting out a petition that called for CEO Steve Parry’s resignation. (READ MORE HERE).
Spanish champion: Greg Dyer can add a few words to his CV that most other Southland rugby players cannot. They are ‘Spanish rugby champion’. (READ MORE HERE).
Sir Tim Shadbolt Aquatic Centre?: Long-time former Invercargill mayor Sir Tim Shadbolt has declined having a significant Invercargill reserve, or a major city asset, named after him as a part of a civic tribute. (READ MORE HERE). (Paid subscriber content).
Quiz Answers….
ILT Kidzone Festival 2. Southland Sharks 3. Southland Business Chamber 4. Deputy mayor 5. Football