Timaru Looking over Caroline Bay

Timaru (Maori Name - Te Tihi-o-Maru) is a port city in the southern Canterbury region of New Zealand, located 157 kilometres (98 mi) southwest of Christchurch and about 196 kilometres (122 mi) northeast of Dunedin on the eastern Pacific coast of the South Island. The Timaru urban area is home to 28,300 people, and is the largest urban area in South Canterbury and the second largest in the Canterbury Region overall, after Christchurch. The town is the seat of the Timaru District which includes the surrounding rural area and the towns of Geraldine, Pleasant Point and Temuka, which combined have a total population of 47,900