Timaru (English pronunciation: /ˈtɪməˌruː/; Māori: Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a major port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru District, a territorial authority of 49,850 people (2013 census) in and around Timaru City (37,205), includes a prosperous agricultural hinterland with links to smaller rural communities such as Pleasant Point (1,310), Temuka (4,780), and Geraldine (2,904). The town of Waimate is about 43 kilometres to the south just off the main highway to Oamaru and Dunedin.
Population: 28,007
Latitude: -44° 23' 48.19" S
Longitude: 171° 15' 13.10" E
Timaru (Maori: Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a major port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. Th…
Temuka is a town on New Zealand's Canterbury Plains, 15 kilometres north of Timaru and 142 km south of Christchurch.
Pleasant Point is a small country town in southern Canterbury, New Zealand, some 19 km inland from Timaru, on State Highway 8. A service town for the surrounding farming district, it has a population of 1,222 and one of its main attractions is the h…
Richard Pearse Airport (IATA: TIU, ICAO: NZTU), also known as Timaru Airport, is located off the Pleasant Point HWY, 4 km north of the suburb Washdyke in Timaru, New Zealand. The airport takes its name from the local pioneer aviator, Richard Pearse,…
Timaru International Motor Raceway is a motor racing circuit situated about 10 minutes or 8 kilometres (4.97 mi) outside of Timaru, New Zealand. The circuit is accessible from either the Main South Highway or Timaru-Pleasant Point Highway. It is oft…
Timaru Boys' High School (also known as TBHS), established in 1880, is a single sex state (public) secondary school located in the port city of Timaru, South Canterbury, New Zealand.
Alpine Energy Stadium is a stadium in Timaru, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for rugby union matches.
Roncalli College is a Catholic college in Timaru, New Zealand. It is named after Pope John XXIII, whose birth name was Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli. It is a co-educational college, with approximately 550 students from Year 9 to Year 13, it is situated o…
Aoraki Polytechnic is a public NZ Tertiary Education Institution. Aoraki Polytechnic's main campus is based in central Timaru, South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. It also has campuses offering a variety of programmes in Ashburton, Oamaru, C…
Winchester is a small town in the South-Canterbury region of New Zealand's South Island.
Timaru Girls' High School is a secondary school in Timaru, New Zealand, founded in 1880. Timaru Girls' High provides education for girls aged between 13 – 18 years of age (class levels - years 9 to 13). It also has a boarding facility within the sch…
Pareora is a settlement in New Zealand. It is located close to State Highway 1, which bypasses the western edge of the town, and close to the Pacific Ocean coast, five kilometres north of Saint Andrews and 10 kilometres south of Timaru.
The Opihi River flows through south Canterbury, in New Zealand's South Island.
Moutainview High School is a co-educational state high school in Timaru, New Zealand. The school runs from year nine to thirteen.
Grantlea Downs School is a primary school in Timaru, New Zealand, and it started in 1959. In 2004 they merged with Seadown School and Grantlea with the new title Grantlea Downs. In 2006-2007 a new hall was built which has a bigger staffroom, offices…
Saint Andrews is a small town in the south Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island. It is located on State Highway 1 five kilometres south of Pareora and 17 kilometres south of Timaru. In 2006 its population was 174. It was linked to Timaru …
State Highway 93 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting the Southland township of Mataura with the Western Otago town of Clinton. This provides a slightly quicker route between the cities of Dunedin and Invercargill, as it bypasses the town of Go…
State Highway 78 is a New Zealand State Highway connecting central Timaru with its port.