A man jumped from his car after he was held up and the vehicle stolen near Timaru this week.

Nicole Smith has been found safe on a rural road west of Timaru.

Friends are increasingly worried for the safety of a Timaru woman last seen in van driven by a man who police fear may be armed.

A man convicted of beating his wife so severely that he perforated her eardrum has left New Zealand.

An elderly man was taken to hospital in a moderate condition this afternoon after a two-car crash near Timaru. The crash happened

Immigration New Zealand are set to remove a man convicted of beating his wife so severely - as she held their baby daughter - that he temporarily deafened her.

First it was creepy clowns, now people dressed as monkeys are terrorising people.

The police have called off searches for Yuri Santana, eight days after he was last seen, but his parents haven't given up hope.

There are concerns for 17-year-old Yuri Santana, who hasn't been seen for a week.

A Timaru factory has been damaged after a heating unit used for plastics moulds caught fire.

Two people have been freed after they were trapped in their vehicles in a crash at Timaru.

Heritage experts are decrying plans to demolish a prominent South Island hotel.

An application has been made to demolish a heritage Timaru building to make way for a $40 million-$42m redevelopment.

Emergency services were called to Temuka River bridge at about 5.13pm today where two vehicles collided.

It wasn't a bargain that this couple had in mind when they went to the Warehouse in Timaru.

For a double Olympic medallist and world champion, Marc Ryan is a humble chap.

The last bottle of beer rolled off the old production line at the landmark Mangatainoka Tui Brewery site yesterday, bringing with it the end of an era.

A former Child Youth and Family caregiver who sexually assaulted eight victims has been jailed for 22 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.

Timaru has been revealed to have the 'worst level of air pollution' in Australasia. How does your town or city compare?

Police say four people and a chilly bin appear to be the culprits in a weird eel-throwing incident in Timaru on Sunday night.

CCTV footage captured four people throwing eels onto the front lawn of a property in Timaru.

A person was trapped for two hours inside a vehicle involved in a head-on crash on the outskirts of Timaru last night.

After diagnosed with the motor learning disability dyspraxia, James has defied the odds to become one of New Zealand's rising sprint sensations.

Armed police were called to help with a search warrant at a South Canterbury property this morning, where a hydroponic cannabis operation was uncovered.

Four suspicious hedge fires overnight are being investigated by Timaru police.

Former long-serving North Otago rugby player Regan Laughton sought a final remand without plea when he appeared in the Timaru District Court following a fatal crash in May.

A young schoolgirl was followed home by an unidentified male after jumping off a bus after school yesterday.

The Armed Offenders Squad carried out an arrest warrant in Timaru this morning.

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