Timaru
Timaru
Urban Area
Population: 27,200
Extent: Former Timaru City Council
Territorial Authority
Name: Timaru District Council
Population: 42,867 (2006 census)
Land area: 2,736.54 km² (1,056.58 sq mi)
Mayor: Janie Annear
Website: http://www.timaru.govt.nz/
Extent: Rangitata River to Pareora River, Pacific Ocean to Mackenzie District, including Rangitata Gorge
Regional council
Name: Canterbury Regional Council
Timaru (Maori: Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a major port in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 160 kilometres southwest of Christchurch and about 200 kilometres northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru District, a