An application has been made to demolish a heritage Timaru building to make way for a $40 million-$42m redevelopment.

Emergency services were called to Temuka River bridge at about 5.13pm today where two vehicles collided.

It wasn't a bargain that this couple had in mind when they went to the Warehouse in Timaru.

For a double Olympic medallist and world champion, Marc Ryan is a humble chap.

The last bottle of beer rolled off the old production line at the landmark Mangatainoka Tui Brewery site yesterday, bringing with it the end of an era.

A former Child Youth and Family caregiver who sexually assaulted eight victims has been jailed for 22 years, with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years.

A Timaru toddler who fell 150cm through floorboards in the bathroom of his home is now back to normal after his extraordinary escapade yesterday.

A Dunedin man whose hunting companion was killed after a deer stalking expedition went ''tragically wrong'' has been fined $1000 for illegal hunting.

Timaru has been revealed to have the 'worst level of air pollution' in Australasia. How does your town or city compare?

A person was trapped for two hours inside a vehicle involved in a head-on crash on the outskirts of Timaru last night.

After diagnosed with the motor learning disability dyspraxia, James has defied the odds to become one of New Zealand's rising sprint sensations.

Armed police were called to help with a search warrant at a South Canterbury property this morning, where a hydroponic cannabis operation was uncovered.

Four suspicious hedge fires overnight are being investigated by Timaru police.

Former long-serving North Otago rugby player Regan Laughton sought a final remand without plea when he appeared in the Timaru District Court following a fatal crash in May.

A young schoolgirl was followed home by an unidentified male after jumping off a bus after school yesterday.

The Armed Offenders Squad carried out an arrest warrant in Timaru this morning.

Great fiestas, beaches and eateries abound, says Elisabeth Easther.

Members of a family injured in a crash which killed a young girl on Friday night remain in hospital.

A man injured in a serious crash between a car and a truck in South Canterbury this afternoon has died in an ambulance on the way to hospital.

A fire burning in a Timaru building which sparked evacuations this morning appears to have burnt itself out.

A woman died from hypothermia after falling from a cliff and landing on rocks, the coroner has found.

Civil Aviation Authority investigators have yet to find an obvious cause of a fatal microlight accident which killed two people in Timaru on Friday.

Two people have died in a microlight crash near Timaru.

The body of a man found in Timaru's port today has been identified as that of missing man Donald MacLeod, police say.

A man's body has been found at the port in Timaru today.

Two good Samaritans buzzed into the Auckland Zoo carpark on a Vespa at the weekend, randomly handing out Christmas cards containing $100 apiece.