The Timaru Herald - September 27, 2025

Slippery tiles, threats to CBD raised at candidate event

Dangerous driving conviction quashed

The Reserve by Peter Winnington PS ... From the newsroom

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Former Timaru Herald building

Colourful local remains hidden in the water

Millie Glenie, 6

Mates honoured with harness races at Timaru meet

Wool prices rise substantially

Incidents taint couple’s otherwise ‘spectacular’ trip to New Zealand

Investigation into new virus strain killing seals

Hot topics raised at candidate event

New tankers for brigades

Police notebook

Police had located Phillips earlier

‘Electionchanging’ votes could be barred

Lodge fire starter guilty of murder

Kiwis in detention amid US crackdown

Lessons for the modern world

Say no to less democracy

Can Ukraine win war with Russia?

Plea to elected candidates to think long-term

School buses and school attendance

A few bits of good news

Thought-provoking reading at election time

Putting NZ back on the cruise map

Reforms expected to target crunch risks, not market overhaul

Fonterra pulls off a magic trick

This plush toy company’s stock is outpacing Nvidia

Saudis to free domestic firms from local control

Brazil readies another huge soy crop as US farmers struggle

Cleansing Varanasi’s gateway to heaven

Top brass brace for mass firings

Copenhagen blames drone swarms on ‘systematic’ attack

Former president sentenced to jail for 2007 Gaddafi cash conspiracy

Protesters ram gates of military base

Beguiling Italian actress featured in all-time classics

Musician fronted band after death of friend Buddy Holly

TODAY IN HISTORY

Postcode roulette still rules scalpel three years on

When life gives you lemons … Chewy lemon and coconut cookies

What to do in the garden this week

Radishes

Close-up view of extraordinary times

Tween fantasy packs a surprisingly emotional punch

Author captures dizzying nature of chronic illness

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