Otago Daily Times: National News

One person has died in a shed fire on the West Coast overnight.

A man is being treated in hospital for gunshot wounds after an incident in south Auckland last night.

Dairies, service stations and grocery stores will automatically be banned from selling synthetic cannabis and other legal highs from as early as July.

The courts will continue to operate with the current legal aid system for the time being despite the Court of Appeal ruling it unlawful.

A man was killed and two children injured when the vehicle they were in rolled several times into a paddock north of Christchurch this afternoon.

Auditor-General Lyn Provost says she will not carry out an inquiry into what led Solid Energy to the brink of collapse this year.