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.

Friends and family of an 18-year-old high school student who died after a party are devastated and in disbelief.

"Another kick in the teeth for the family", is how the father of teenager William Lewis has described a parole hearing for his son's killer.

One person is dead after their car crashed into a parked vehicle on a rural road near Timaru today.

A person has been killed in a quad bike accident on a farm in Timaru this afternoon, police say.

The death of a Timaru man who fatally stabbed himself when arguing with his partner has been ruled a suicide.

A witness who prosecutors wanted to give evidence on the most serious charge faced by three South Canterbury Finance principals cannot be called.