Timaru
Timaru is a city of 28,900 as of June 2023 on the South Island of New Zealand, on the east coast at Caroline Bay. It is a seaport and the second largest city in the Canterbury region, and is about halfway between Christchurch and Dunedin. Wikivoyage
Population 28,700 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in New Zealand
Getting there
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Still gathering the markets around Timaru. I'll let you know here when it's all in — or open the live guide.
Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
South Canterbury Museum Museum · 330 m - Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Timaru Memorial · 260 m
- Timaru shipwreck memorial Memorial · 400 m
- Timaru South African War memorial Memorial · 700 m
- Brick Tunnel and Railway Siding Ruins · 660 m
- Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden Attraction · 880 m
- WW1 and Victoria Cross Memorial Memorial · 960 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Through the year
Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Timaru); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 9 October 2026. Description from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.
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