A five-and-a-half week old baby who died after a car crash in South Canterbury has been named as Amadeus Tutunoa of Timaru.

The circumstances around an accident which claimed the life of a 4-week-old baby boy, and caused only minor injuries to others in the car, will be investigated by a coroner.

Police will be talking today to the parents of a four-week-old baby who died in a car crash near Timaru last night.

Police have named a Timaru man who was crushed to death by his car while trying to remove the oil filter.

Fire crews are continuing to dampen down a large fire at the Timaru Port. The blaze started around 4pm yesterday at the Sanford Limited's cold store.

A survivor of a crash in the Lindis Pass that claimed two lives, caused by an inexperienced driver, wants to see rental car companies imposing tougher controls on who it hires vehicles to.

The convicted murderer of Timaru hitch-hiker Lisa Blakie continues to pledge his innocence and hopes to clear his name, it emerged today.

Investors in the frozen Hubbard Management Funds will get all of their capital back.

Court action will be taken against the person responsible for an oil spill in the Timaru Port.

Police are treating the case of a nine-year-old boy found bloodied and distressed on a rural Canterbury bridge as a suspected abduction.

A court wrangle involving $60 million of assets and one of the funds caught up in the Hubbard financial collapse has been adjourned until May next year.