Located on the East Coast of the South Island of New Zealand. The city’s setting between ocean and alps make Timaru a great place to visit. Nestled under the Bay Hill The Caroline Bay tearooms give guests views of the mountains to the pacific ocean. Timaru is South Canterbury’s largest centre of population, and only city. Timaru had a population in 2006 of 26,895.
Timaru - originally namedTe Maru a "place of shelter"
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 Central Business District is 100m away, with shopping, cultural and sporting facilities.
