Otago Daily Times: National News

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.

The Government's shake-up of the legal aid system, aimed at saving millions of dollars each year, is unlawful, the Court of Appeal has found.

New Zealand First Leader and former Foreign Minister Winston Peters has again lashed out at growing Chinese influence, saying it is turning Auckland into "the Super City of sin".