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17 unusual facts about Timaru


Akebono Maru

The earliest record of the ship is a New Zealand marine index of an accident that occurred on February 16, 1980, when the ship collided with a squid boat off Timaru.

Anthony Cartwright

Anthony George Cartwright (born 8 August 1940 in Timaru) was a New Zealand cricketer who played six first-class matches for Otago in the Plunket Shield.

Aorangi Oval

Aorangi Oval (also known as the South Canterbury Athletic Club Ground) is a cricket ground in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand.

Craig Cumming

Craig Derek Cumming (born 31 August 1975 in Timaru) is a New Zealand cricketer.

DB Breweries

DB Breweries owns and operates four breweries in New Zealand - Waitemata Brewery (Otahuhu, Auckland), Tui Brewery (Mangatainoka), Mainland Brewery (Timaru) and Monteith's Brewery (Greymouth).

Emma Campbell

Emma Maree Campbell (born 18 February 1982 in Timaru) is a New Zealand cricketer who plays for the New Zealand in the women's one-day internationals.

Grey Way

He was born in Washkdyke in 1970 near Timaru by Grey William out of Waybrooke who won the 'Broodmare of the Year' title in the 1977-78 season.

Hamish Bennett

Hamish Kyle Bennett (born 22 February 1987 in Timaru) is an international cricketer who has played Test and One Day International (ODI) cricket for New Zealand.

Jordan Sheed

Jordan William Sheed (born 24 September 1982 in Timaru, Canterbury) is a New Zealand cricketer who played in the 2002 U-19 Cricket World Cup in New Zealand, and then played for seven seasons for Otago Volts.

MV Brigitte Bardot

On 5 January 2013 in Timaru, New Zealand, a distress call was issued in relation to the Brigitte Bardot after an observer mistook the vessel for an overturned yacht.

New Zealand State Highway 8

The highway leaves SH1 at Washdyke, an industrial suburb of Timaru, travelling initially northwest towards the town of Fairlie.

New Zealand women's national cricket team

Maria is a product of the highly successful Timaru Girls’ High School team, which dominated the national secondary schoolgirls’ competition in the late ‘90s and was a member of the 2002 NZC Academy.

Rail transport in Christchurch

Manufactured imports were distributed mainly from Christchurch and Dunedin, with agricultural produce exported from Port Chalmers, Oamaru, Timaru and Lyttelton.

Rangitata Island

Rangitata Island is a long lens-shaped island in the delta of the braided Rangitata River in Canterbury, New Zealand, approximately halfway between Timaru and Ashburton, New Zealand.

Richard Arnst

In 1934 Arnst bought a farm south of Timaru running sheep and cattle, and growing crops, in partnership with a brother.

Rosemary Stirling

Rosemary Olivia Stirling (née Wright) (born 11 December 1947 in Timaru, Canterbury, New Zealand) is a former British sprinter and middle-distance runner.

Timaru Thistle

Timaru Thistle is a soccer club in Timaru, New Zealand.


2011 Toyota Racing Series

McNee, in his second season in the championship, took his first race victories, winning at Timaru and Hampton Downs as well as a second place at Taupo to finish 47 points clear of Pye.

James Craigie

Craigie provided the money for the oak trees planted in (what was to become known as) Craigie Avenue, Timaru now part of New Zealand State Highway 1.

Maurice McTigue

He represented the Timaru electorate in Parliament from 1985, when he won the by-election after the death of Sir Basil Arthur, having stood against him in the 1984 general election.

Percy Vinnell

He spent two years in Wellington, working at a boot factory before moving to Timaru after his marriage where he set up business as a boot manufacturer at the Canterbury Shoe Company.

Roundhill Ski Area

Roundhill Ski Area is a family owned and run ski area in Canterbury, New Zealand, near the town of Lake Tekapo, 1.5 hours from Timaru and 3 hours from both Christchurch & Queenstown.

South Canterbury Finance

In 1926, South Canterbury Finance Ltd started as a small-time lender to local businesses and households in the south Canterbury town of Timaru.

South Canterbury Rugby Football Union

Also 2011 saw two sell out Super 15 games played at Alpine Energy Stadium in Timaru The Crusaders vs the Bulls and Crusaders v The Blues.

The Exponents

The group formed in 1981 after vocalist Jordan Luck and guitarist Brian Jones disbanded their first group, Basement, and relocated from the South Canterbury town of Timaru to Christchurch with their ex-Splash Alley friend, Steve "Fingers" Cowan.

William Hall-Jones

Hall-Jones was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, landed at Dunedin in 1873 and became a carpenter and later a builder in Timaru.