Timaru

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The city/county of Timaru

Country: New Zealand

State/Province: Canterbury Region

Emergencies in this area: 2010 Christchurch NZ Earthquake

Resources in this area:

Timaru (Pronounced "Tim-a-ru") is a major port city in the southern Canterbury Region, New Zealand, located 160 kilometres south of Christchurch and about 200 kilometres north of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru District is a territorial authority of 42,867 people (2006 census) in and around the former Timaru City (27,200) includes a prosperous agricultural hinterland with links to smaller rural communities such as Pleasant Point (1,170), Temuka (4,044), and Geraldine (2,244). The town of Waimate is about 40 kilometres to the south on the road to Oamaru and Dunedin. Wikipedia:Timaru