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	Timaru’s Smithfield meat processing plant sold for undisclosed amount NZ Herald - 26 May (NZ Herald) Six hundred workers lost their jobs when the 139-year-old site closed last year. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald Business



	Former Timaru meatworks site sold for undisclosed amount RadioNZ - 26 May (RadioNZ) Six hundred meatworkers lost their jobs last year when the 139-year-old site was closed. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Cattle on the loose after truck rolls on SH1 near Timaru NZ Herald - 25 May (NZ Herald) Local veterinarians are being called in to help. Read... Newslink ©2025 to NZ Herald General



	Cattle truck crash closes section of highway near Timaru Stuff.co.nz - 25 May (Stuff.co.nz) The driver has been taken to hospital in a moderate condition. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Cattle wandering SH1 after Timaru crash, one person taken to hospital RadioNZ - 25 May (RadioNZ) One person has also been taken to hospital. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	Former Alliance Smithfield meatworks site sold Stuff.co.nz - 23 May (Stuff.co.nz) The site of one of Timaru’s longest-running businesses has sold, five months after it closed its doors for good. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Rugby player stood down as alleged assault investigated Stuff.co.nz - 23 May (Stuff.co.nz) Police and the South Canterbury Rugby Football Union are investigating an alleged assault in Timaru that left one man requiring surgery. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz Sport



	One dead after crash on SH1 in Timaru RadioNZ - 21 May (RadioNZ) Part of the road is expected to remain closed until later this afternoon. Read... Newslink ©2025 to RadioNZ General



	SH1 lane closed after crash Stuff.co.nz - 21 May (Stuff.co.nz) Emergency services are at the scene of a single-vehicle crash in Timaru which has closed the northbound lane of State Highway 1. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General



	Meth dealer’s High Court appeal dismissed Stuff.co.nz - 20 May (Stuff.co.nz) The 29-month jail term imposed on a Timaru woman for dealing methamphetamine was not manifestly excessive, the High Court has ruled. Read... Newslink ©2025 to Stuff.co.nz General