Two women were injured in a shooting at a home south of Christchurch last night, and an armed man is on the run after trying to hold up an Ashburton hotel. The two women were found wounded after a gunshots were heard at a Rolleston address. This morning a police spokesman would only say two people had been injured after shots were fired at the property. The cordons were no longer in place but the property was under guard while detectives pieced together what happened. The hotel was under guard and detectives would resume their hunt for the man this morning, the police spokesman said.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 19, 2017 18:58 UTC