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Gigatown Timaru
What winning the Gigatown competition would mean to Timaru.

timaru-plane-crash-test

Timaru emergency services tested their skills as they responded to a call-out to the Timaru Airport after reports of a plane crash as part of a Civil Defence simulation to look at how a real-life emergency is dealt with.

Car crash causes house fire

Firefighters attend the scene where a car crashed into a power pole, causing a house fire.

truck_pass

Jo Harris films a truck going past his property on Rolling Ridges Road.

Carols

Carols filled the halls of Timaru Hospital this week, proving its 128-year-old festive tradition is still strong.

Storm timelapse

An unedited time-lapse of the storm that passed around Timaru on Wednesday.

Port fire Timaru

Warehouse fire at Timaru Port.

Fonterra chemical leak

Fairfax Media reporter Joanne Bennett at Fonterra's Clandeboye dairy factory where a chemical spill has injured seven people.

Magpie Madness

19th annual Magpie Madness motorcycle rally

Super mower rollover

Malcolm Plenty shows off his monster 1000hp mower ahead of this weekend's racing.

Flight to Opuha hut

Opening of new South Opuha hut

Robotic Milking

Cows milked by robots near Pleasant Point in South Canterbury.

Trippo

Tekapo Springs opens new Trippo slide

Bevan's Chipmunk

Bevan Dewes and his 1952 Chipmunk

House Move

Michael Hide moves his house 7 metres to make room for another

Rough Timaru Harbour

Ship leaves Timaru Harbour in rough seas.

Flooding at Waihao Forks

Contractors work on clearing the bridge at Waihao Forks.

Alpine Rescue on Mt Tasman

Mountain climbers Gareth and Terry spent 38 hours huddled in a narrow crevasse more than 3000 metres up Mt Tasman after encountering bad weather on their descent from the summit.

Danny Blair and legal highs

Danny Blair talks about his experience with legal highs.

Timaru dairy owners

Timaru dairy owners comment about synthetic cannabinoids.

Happy Feet Returns

Happy feet has turned up on Caroline Bay in Timaru.

VIDEO: Meet Scooterman

Scooterman to the rescue.

Timaru Girls High School Pi Day

Timaru Girls High School Pi Day, cream pie throwing activity, captured by Maggie Bransgrove on an iPhone.

2013 NZ Pipe Band Championships

Pipe bands perform Amazing Grace en masse at the New Zealand and South Pacific Pipe Band Championships.

Alps 2 Ocean Cycle Trail

Official opening Mt Cook to Ohau and Omarama cycle trail sections

Seabourn Odyssey returns to Timaru

The Seabourn Odyssey berths in Timaru Port for the second time this summer.

Cruise ship in Timaru harbour

ARRIVAL: The Seabourn Odyssey berths in Timaru Harbour.

Lightning

LIGHT SHOW: Amber Dean caught this lightning strike about 1am in Fairlie.

Timaru Herald Headlines

Timaru's gain's is Lyttelton's loss

Son makes plea for safer roads at select committee

New Zealand's first gold rush site identified in Lindis Pass

Oamaru theatre to get spruce up

CCTV project could be extended

Four treated after van and car collide in Temuka

St John stalwart retires after 27 years service

Three grass fires 'suspicious'

Wallaby running around Highfield

Nurse may quit if euthanasia legal

Craighead student wins place in national choir

Editorial: Sheep report findings have impact here

Service groups spread message

Anderson elected unopposed

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