Two families are busy preparing for the Japan Karate Association world cup, in Japan, later this month. Read...

When rock legend Jon Toogood played in Timaru earlier this year his audience was treated to some of the songs off his new album. Read...

The Majestic Theatre hasn`t screened a film in more than a quarter of a century, but Timaru`s movie cinemas have a quiet tradition of hanging around and the building still stands - for now. Read...

Timaru has won many friends through its care of original fabric. Read...

A change in court dates has meant a Timaru man`s time in custody awaiting sentence will not exceed his jail term. Read...

More than 300 people from across the South Island are set to descend on Timaru for the 30th South Island Leisure Marching Event on Saturday. Read...

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...