A man who targeted elderly people in a “brazen, callous” crime spree across the Timaru District three years ago has been jailed. Read...

The $10 million extension of Timaru’s Mitre 10 Mega is expected to open just days before the busiest weekend for gardeners in the region. Read...

Up to $50m a year in wages alone may be lost to Timaru’s economy if a proposal to close Timaru’s Alliance Smithfield plant goes ahead. Read...

A new Government fund has stepped in to pay half the cost of the Timaru District Council’s $12m clean up of the erosion-threatened Peel Forest Landfill. Read...

Timaru is on track to receive October’s average rainfall in less than a week, while further inland at Tekapo, a blanket of snow has fallen across the town. Read...

The miscalculation between ECan and the Timaru District Council could have resulted in ratepayers overpaying $3m over a year. Read...

The benefits of wool were passed on to a new generation, as Timaru Creative Fibre Group volunteers shared their craft skills. Read...

A young football player is recovering at home after the incident when he went to retrieve a ball. Read...

A young football player is recovering at home after he was electrocuted when he went to retrieve a ball during a tournament in Timaru. Read...

Alliance Group says its plant near Invercargill can process more deer if the proposal to close its Smithfield meatworks in Timaru goes ahead. Read...