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Esther Ashby-Coventry11:28, Jul 08 2021 Valentina Bellomo/Stuff Matt Blain, a member of Timaru Fire Bugs, who will perform at the Matariki Night Market on Friday evening. FRIDAY Fundraiser: Work places are asked to encourage staff to join Jeans Only Day and wear jeans to work as well as make a donation to Hospice South Canterbury. Donations received by July 16 go in the draw to win a morning tea shout. Night Market: 5pm at Royal Arcade Matariki Night Market with fire eating and tango as well as stalls. Young Farmers: 7pm at Timaru Town and Country Club, Douglas St. New Zealand Young Farmers A...

Quizzes, a ball, a dance and a concert are all on this weekend.

The Combined Motorcycle Clubs of South Canterbury rode 365km to raise money for local RSAs on Saturday.

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Combined Motorcycle Clubs of South Canterbury committee member Graham Wyllie at the Timaru Cemetery ahead of the Ride of Remembrance which raises money for RSAs in the region. A pack of about 80 motorcyclists plan to ride almost 370 kilometres to fundraise for South Canterbury RSAs and honour war veterans. The ride, starting and finishing at the Timaru Town and Country Club on Saturday, will take bikers to Waimate’s RSA then through Kurow to Omarama and on to the Twizel RSA for lunch. From there the pack makes its way to Fairlie, Geraldine and the Temuka RSA before return...

JOHN BISSET/Stuff Yedo Investments wants to remove a dozen trees, deemed significant, from the former South Canterbury RSA site on Wai-iti Rd. A request to remove a dozen significant trees from the former South Canterbury RSA (SCRSA) site on Wai-iti Rd has been granted by the Timaru District Council. Most of the trees, with plantings dating back at least 64 years, are on the council's significant trees register and will be removed to make way for an 11-section subdivision by landowner Yedo Investments, which is owned by former Timaru District mayor Damon Odey and father Robert Odey. An appl...