The single vehicle crash was discovered on Spur Road at about midday today, but is thought to have occurred overnight, police say. Read...

The wreck was discovered at midday, though the crash is believed to have happened overnight. Read...

The comments were made at a Timaru council meeting where iwi consultation on the redevelopment of a toilet block was described as a box-ticking exercise. Read...

A child rapist was jailed for 11 years in the Timaru District Court as the judge found no reason to apply any discounts to his sentencing starting point. Read...

A 40-year-old family violence victim has told the Timaru District Court she takes “the majority of the responsibility over what happened”. Read...

A drug operation involving police from Auckland has led to four people appearing in the Timaru District Court, and an arrest warrant out for a fifth. Read...

A Timaru family syndicate, who have been playing the same Lotto numbers for eight years, won $1 million on Saturday and say it couldn’t have come at a better time. Read...

Botulism looks to be the cause at Washdyke and tests will rule out any exotic disease, the Department of Conservation says. Read...

Benjamin Joseph Downes, 32, died in the crash on Wednesday. Shakana Ackroyd, 19, was critically injured and later died in hospital two days later. Read...

The death came two days after the two-car crash near Temuka. Read...