Port Information
Timaru
Timaru is a port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 km southwest of Christchurch and about 196 km northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island.
About Timaru
South Canterbury's largest centre of population, and only city. The town developed at the only sheltered point on the coast between Banks Peninsula and North Otago, and owes much of its prosperity to its artificial harbour, first developed in the late 1800s.
The Timaru region boasts:
- Aigantighe Art Gallery
- South Canterbury Museum
- Te Ana Maori Rock Art.
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