Water restrictions and a sprinkler ban are being imposed on Timaru residents as the district council tries to alleviate water discolouration issues. Read...
Some Timaru households will be boiling their drinking water until early next year, as the district council says more areas are affected by high levels of silt in the water. Read...
Timaru police are on the hunt after a loaded gun was thrown from a `suspicious` van. Officers spotted the white Toyota Hiace van - number plate MRE458 - about 11.06pm yesterday. The van failed to stop for police on Domain Ave.... Read...
Two children woken by screams in the night got up and saw a man stabbing their blood-soaked mother in a frenzied attack. It was only `sheer luck` that Manu Hausia`s victim didn`t die, a court heard today, with stabs from a kitchen... Read...
A Timaru man successfully defended a charge of possessing Class C drugs after police could not confirm samples they seized were the same as ones sent to a testing lab. Read...