The student was travelling home from school in wet conditions earlier this year in Timaru. Read...

About 600 people could lose their jobs - and Federated Farmers says `excessive red tape` is partly to blame. Read...

Beef + Lamb NZ says it had been a `challenging time` for farmers and processing companies due to spiralling costs. Read...

Inspired by her home country Thailand, and mentored by a Timaru woman, designer Mint Sirimon Boonprasit has made it to the big leagues with her clothing brand. Read...

John Rushton says his pitch for a theatre and heritage hub captures the heart of the town’s CBD and reuses a historic building. Read...

The wins may be nearing 50, but longtime Timaru harness horse owner, breeder and racer John Fanning is not counting them. Read...

Mark Patterson says a proposal to close the Alliance Group`s meatworks is `pretty foreboding` for Timaru and the surrounding districts Read...

Hundreds of staff employed at Alliance Group`s Smithfield meatworks have been at a surprise meeting. Read...

If the proposal goes ahead, it will affect approximately 600 staff at the Smithfield plant, which has been owned by Alliance since 1989. Read...

The future of the plant has been the talk of Timaru in recent months, but the reason for the all-staff staff meeting is still under wraps. Read...