
No pleas in Haka Valley fatality case
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.
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.
A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.
Geoffrey Lang's first sighting of a 33m cement storage tank in front of his house was also the first time he heard his wife swear.
Members of a family injured in a crash which killed a young girl on Friday night remain in hospital.
A man injured in a serious crash between a car and a truck in South Canterbury this afternoon has died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.
A fire burning in a Timaru building which sparked evacuations this morning appears to have burnt itself out.
A woman died from hypothermia after falling from a cliff and landing on rocks, the coroner has found.
Civil Aviation Authority investigators have yet to find an obvious cause of a fatal microlight accident which killed two people in Timaru on Friday.
Two people have died in a microlight crash near Timaru.
The body of a man found in Timaru's port today has been identified as that of missing man Donald MacLeod, police say.
A man's body has been found at the port in Timaru today.
Two good Samaritans buzzed into the Auckland Zoo carpark on a Vespa at the weekend, randomly handing out Christmas cards containing $100 apiece.
Friends and family of an 18-year-old high school student who died after a party are devastated and in disbelief.
"Another kick in the teeth for the family", is how the father of teenager William Lewis has described a parole hearing for his son's killer.
One person is dead after their car crashed into a parked vehicle on a rural road near Timaru today.
A person has been killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Timaru this afternoon, police say.
The death of a Timaru man who fatally stabbed himself when arguing with his partner has been ruled a suicide.
A witness who prosecutors wanted to give evidence on the most serious charge faced by three South Canterbury Finance principals cannot be called.
A commercial fisherman who drowned off the coast of Timaru was likely thrown into the water when his boat capsized in rising winds, a coroner has ruled.
Fire investigators are looking into the causes of fires in Timaru and Christchurch overnight.
A 62-year-old job seeker who is accusing an energy firm of age discrimination has won a legal battle to view the CVs of the people who beat him to the job.