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?

Police say four people and a chilly bin appear to be the culprits in a weird eel-throwing incident in Timaru on Sunday night.

CCTV footage captured four people throwing eels onto the front lawn of a property in Timaru.

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.

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

A person is dead and another seriously injured after a crash in south Canterbury this afternoon.

Geoffrey Lang's first sighting of a 33m cement storage tank in front of his house was also the first time he heard his wife swear.

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.

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.

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.