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It s not quite the end of the golden weather in Timaru, with hot spells due this week. “On Thursday, we should see a cooler front emerge, and some rain and a temperature of about 16 degrees.” The warm weather comes just before school returns for the year with the first day of term one at the earliest on Monday, February 1. Ngamanu said while it had been a largely warm January for Timaru, it had also been slightly wetter than normal, with 65mm of rain so far, compared to the monthly average of 54mm.
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Alex, 7, and Elia, 6, Martin set up a stall on Raymond St selling their drawings on Sunday. Art work prices ranged from $2 to $1000.
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Williamsportâs Mallory Pardoe competes during the 200 individual medley last year.
We’re approaching the end of Gov. Tom Wolf’s three-week shutdown which postponed high school athletics. Everyone’s antsy to get back on the court, wrestling mat or into the pool, and start competition. So as the season gets ready to officially start, let’s take a look at some of the area swimmers to keep an eye on this winter season.
The area’s loaded with talented swimmers in both boys and girls competiton, and many of them are looking to make an impact for their respective schools.
Coronavirus survivor Jason Grant
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More than 2,000 Covid-19 patients have been discharged from the area s two biggest hospitals after being struck down with coronavirus.
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The size of the hail that hit Timaru in a storm in November 2019, causing more than $170 million in damage.
Multi-million dollar insurance payouts for fires and a storm were big news in The Timaru Herald during November, writes Doug Sail in an ongoing review of 2020. The insurance bill for Timaru’s 2019 hailstorm reached $170.98m in November making it New Zealand’s costliest weather event this century. The Insurance Council of New Zealand’s (ICNZ) figures released a few days before the one-year anniversary of the storm, listed the hailstorm in the top five of the most expensive natural disasters since it began keeping records in 1968.