16062017 News John Bisset/FairfaxNZ.   Comedian Urzila Carlson has a chat about some recent goings on in Timaru.

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Have a laugh at road rage, the theatre and regional rivalry

Youth caught in bins

Police issued the group of four with a warning for unlawfully being in an enclosed yard at the supermarket on Church St, ...

Youth urged to seek help after police find students searching bins for food.

Air quality up in the air

ECan will keep trying - but admits aiming for targets it 'absolutely won't meet' in Timaru.

Buy seasonal, grower advises video

Seasonal vegetables are still readily available, Geraldine market gardener says.

Roadside robbery

A man was assaulted in a roadside robbery near Timaru on Thursday afternoon.

Dairy job ads spark debate

Two dairy farm job adverts have sparked extensive debate on social media.

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600 people help save teen video

Ashley Earl-Goulet, pictured with mum Judith, has recovered thanks to more than 600 blood donations.

Blood from over 600 people has been used to treat a 14-year-old girl with a rare disease.

Ministry budget blunder costs SCDHB $1.1 million

The South Canterbury District Health Board is set to get more than $1 million less in new funding.

'Joyrider' plague: 7 cars gone

What's on this weekend?

Sport

Pleasant Point rip way to Wellington

Pleasant Point's Flynn O'Keefe, 11, (arms up) and Ben Fifield, 11.celebrating their win at the South Canterbury Primary ...

The Pleasant Point Highladers are off to Wellington for the fourth straight year.

Top teams dominate form side

Harlequins Chloe Austin beats Pareora's Nicole McNicol in their clash in May. Austin made the form team after the first ...

Picking a form team is never easy and that's the case again after the first round of the 2017 Netball South Canterbury competition, writes

Timaru Boys' beaten by hungrier Cashmere lineup

Ethan Tyree had a strong game for Timaru Boys' on Wednesday.

Timaru Boys' will now have to hope one of the top teams is upset by them if they're to make the semifinals.

Temalisi regains spark

Temalisi Fakahokotau has been a rare bright light in another poor season for the Mainland Tactix.

 Tactix haven't had much to be excited about in 2017, but Temalisi Fakahokotau has been a rare positive.

Shaw and McIntyre reach double figures

Hayden Shaw is leading the men's goal scoring charts with 14.

Former Black Stick Hayden Shaw is the early favourite in the race to being the top scorer in the men's division one hockey competition.

Opinion

Defalcation may lead to absquatulation

A young girl absquatulates before her errorist parents can point out that it really is bed time.

OPINION: Ever done one of those exercises where you're asked what historical character you most wish you could have been?

Money: beguiling, perplexing, and seldom enough of it

Derek Burrows considers the changing world of money.

Derek Burrows considers the money problem.

What does Britain's election mean here?

Can New Zealand's opposition parties take a lesson from Jeremy Corbyn and Labour's success in getting the youth vote out ...

What are the lessons from Britain for New Zealand's opposition parties ahead of the coming election?

My respect for our cats grows

British general election ballot papers are removed from ballot boxes to be counted at City Hall in Cardiff, on Friday (NZT).

I think I've discovered why I like cats so much.

New take on old words

Columnist Derek Burrows has some new meanings for some old words - or do new meanings make them new words, entirely?

OPINION: Dongle or dowager? Try out these neologisms for a new take on the meanings of words.

We Are Timaru

Timaru: better than Oamaru and Gore video

Comedian Urzila Carlson discusses all things Timaru.

Road rage, theatre upgrades and small-town rivlary. Urzila Carlson must be in town.

'Buy seasonal', market gardener advises video

Pukeko Gardens business owner Ian Hughes says leeks, kale, carrots and onions are cheap at the moment.

Seasonal vegetables still readily available, Geraldine market gardener says.

What's on this weekend?

Timaru artist Holly Zandbergen's exhibition of oil paintings will open at the Aigantighe Art Gallery on Friday night.

There's no shortage of things to do this weekend - a comedian, a boxing event and a wedding show.

Getting ready for Matariki

Rachel Solomon-Gould, and Wes Home, of Te Ana Maori Rock Art Centre, spoke to children at Geraldine Preschool about ...

Te Ana Maori Rock Art have a few things in store for Matariki in South Canterbury.

Aigantighe awaits structural assessment

The Aigantighe Art Gallery at 49 Wai-iti Rd, Timaru.

The Diamond Anniversary, Japanese Pottery exhibition and new Winter Lights Night contributed to a busy year for the Aigantighe Art Gallery.

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600 people help save teen

Blood from over 600 people has been used to treat a 14-year-old girl with a rare disease.

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