One person has died after a single-car crash in Northland.
File photo. Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
Emergency services were called to the scene on State Highway 14, Maungatapere at 5.45pm.
One person died at the scene, and three others have moderate to serious injuries.
SH14 will be closed while the serious crash unit investigate.
After four deadly crashes overnight, police say they're fed up with having to remind drivers about road safety.
The government's $22m rural highway programme of safety barriers and rumble strips will be a "dramatic improvement" in road safety, a campaigner says.
New Zealand needs to have a vision for zero road deaths because any death is intolerable, NZTA Road Safety Manager Harry Wilson says.
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