"paper Boy" Statue
Monument · Sophia Street Outside The Old Timaru Herald Building
From the air
Nostalgic reflection on newspaper delivery boys
Where it sits
It falls outside every suburb outline the site keeps — a regional facility.
The nearest of its kind
The next records filed under the same kind — measured point to point, the "where else" a utility entry is usually asked for.
- Seafarers Monument · 52 m
- Craigie Memorial · 536 m
- Main School War Memorial · 542 m
The green nearby
Parks whose drawn outline sits within 400 m — measured to the outline itself, so a spot on a big reserve’s edge still counts.
- Sophia / Perth St Corner · 31 m to its edge
- Museum Grounds — Reserve · 75 m to its edge
- Timaru Library Grounds — Reserve · 132 m to its edge
- Strathallan Corner, Toilets Etc. — Reserve · 149 m to its edge
- Trees In Front Of Winz — Reserve · 208 m to its edge
- Chengs Restaurant — Reserve · 222 m to its edge
Environment Canterbury / Canterbury Maps — facility layers · source: Timaru District Council · refreshed 18 September 2026.
What stood on this ground before → · On the map →
Questions, answered briefly
Monument.
Sophia Street Outside The Old Timaru Herald Building.
Environment Canterbury’s open facility layers — this entry’s source is Timaru District Council.