The bird show, in its 76th year, is the final in the bird-showing season.
Gore canary breeder and show judge Jeff Rankin won the Best Non-Colour Fed Canary and Best Any Age Non-Colour Fed trophies.
Mr Rankin has been showing canaries for nearly 20 years and said he felt "pretty humble''.
He said over the 20 years he had been showing canaries, it was the friendships he made among bird breeders that he treasured.
Novice breeder Fraser McRae, also of Gore, won the Best Novice Norwich CYCR trophy and was named fifth overall in the entire Norwich section.
Norwich is a type of canary and is one of six birds Mr McRae entered in the show.
CYCR stands for Current Year Closed Ring and refers to the ring on a bird's foot, which signifies the breeder.
Mr McRae, who had been showing birds for two years, said he felt "pretty good'' about the win.
"I surprised myself actually . . . I wasn't expecting to win anything,'' he said.
Timaru show secretary Leolie Ennis said quite a few Southlanders had entered this year and had scooped the prize pool.
"A good contingent of people from down there [Southland] came up [to the show],'' Mrs Ennis said.
More than 1800 birds from throughout New Zealand had been entered in the show, she said.
"People commented it was one of the best national shows they had been to,'' she said.
The show was dedicated to the memory of former Timaru Bird Club member Bill Agnew, as it was his idea to bring the national show to Timaru for 2008, she said.
Mr Agnew was also remembered in the form of the Bill Agnew Memorial Trophy, a oneoff award put up by his wife, which was awarded to the best bird in the show.
Novice and champion awards were handed out by 17 judges over 14 sections.
Sections were made up of different breeds of birds, including British birds, budgies, mules and hybrids, and canaries.
Mrs Ennis said it was an extremely busy time, but everyone involved thoroughly enjoyed themselves.
