The council chief executive says the changes will result in fewer job losses and concedes he went “too hard” with the original plan to cut up to 71 roles. Read...

Crews were called to the blaze on Rimu St around 4.30pm. Read...

The 49-year-old man was arrested by customs after arriving back from an overseas trip. Read...

A man is facing charges of unlawfully taking a vehicle and being an unlicensed driver following the theft of an ambulance from Timaru Hospital early on Tuesday morning. Read...

He drove the vehicle through thick fog, ran through a stop sign and reached speeds up to 82km/h. Read...

Dashcam footage shows theft of ambulance awaiting patient transfer. Read...

A man was seen walking towards the vehicle just before it was driven at speeds of up to 82kph across Timaru early on Tuesday. Read...

Police say the death is not suspicious. Read...

Police say they are not treating the death as suspicious at this stage. Read...

Stressed-out staff with jobs on the line at Timaru`s council will have to wait another 10 days to learn whether they will have jobs under an updated proposal. Read...