Timaru Information Centre

14/03/2025

Looking for the Caroline Bay Rock & Hop car cruise map for tonight? See below.
Cruise starts at Marine Parade at 5.30pm, does a lap of Timaru before heading out to Pleasant Point and Temuka

10/03/2025

Welcome to Timaru Westerdam passengers.

Westerdam is the largest cruise ship into Timaru this season and has 1,900 passengers and 800 crew members.

21/02/2025

Welcome to Timaru SCENIC ECLIPSE II

Timaru Information Centre will be open 8.30am - 3.30pm today

17/02/2025

Come in to get your tickets quick

An evening of wit and wisdom with writer and columnist Joe Bennett. Joe Bennett is a best selling writer and syndicated columnist. “People can fire any qu

05/02/2025

Timaru Seaside Festival starts tomorrow. Looks like heaps of fun.
Who went along last year?

Check out the event schedule for Seaside Festival – your guide to a week of fun, sun, sand, and unforgettable moments! 🎉 Get ready for 11 days of celebrating all things summer at Caroline Bay! 🏖

Seaside Festival | seasidefestival.nz | 6 - 16 Feb 2025 | Caroline Bay, Timaru |

20/01/2025

The T1, T2 and T3 Metro school buses in Timaru in 2025 will start on the 29th January.
The Temuka Service bus will start picking up and dropping off at Timaru schools on the same day (Wednesday 29th January).
However, if there are students from Temuka on the Temuka Service AM run before the 29th, the driver will drop them up to the school.

Send a message to learn more

11/01/2025

Welcome to Timaru Viking Venus

Timaru Information Centre is open today until 4pm to welcome passengers

03/01/2025

We are open to assist with all cruise ships (even outside of our normal opening hours). If you are local and require our services, it can get very manic so we suggest if it isn't urgent, you come in on another day

Tomorrow at 7am we welcome the first cruise ship into Timaru 😱

16/12/2024

Penguin update

13/12/2024

Looking for some 100% genuine pounamu for a Christmas present?
Check out our fully stocked cabinet, we stock Ngāi Tahu Pounamu and Sands Carving Studio Pounamu

12/12/2024

Last day to go in the draw to win a pair of Pounamu earrings.
Pop in and buy a S.C.O.F.F cookbook and you are automatically in the draw. We close today at 4pm.

12/12/2024

Tomorrow is the last day to enter our Pounamu Earrings giveaway.
All you need to do is purchase a S.C.O.F.F cookbook and you go in the draw.
Did you know that you can buy it on the Te Ana Māori Rock Art website and chose pick up?
We are open until 4pm today and open 10am - 4pm Friday.

Needing a Christmas gift for that hard to buy for person? Pop on down and buy them a SCOFF cookbook, not only does it have recipes from our local eateries it also has some awesome pictures of South Canterbury in it.
Buy one and be in to win!

10/12/2024

Last week to enter the draw to win pounamu earrings

Needing a Christmas gift for that hard to buy for person? Pop on down and buy them a SCOFF cookbook, not only does it have recipes from our local eateries it also has some awesome pictures of South Canterbury in it.
Buy one and be in to win!

04/12/2024

The festive season is upon us

27/11/2024

Diwali festival on this Saturday. Make sure you get your tickets before they sell out

Get in quick not many tickets left for Diwali this Saturday. Tickets only $5

14/11/2024

Needing a Christmas gift for that hard to buy for person? Pop on down and buy them a SCOFF cookbook, not only does it have recipes from our local eateries it also has some awesome pictures of South Canterbury in it.
Buy one and be in to win!

07/11/2024

Come along and support the festival

07/11/2024

Lots on for the kids at Get to the point tomorrow