Police in the Far North have charged a man over a crash north of Kaitaia that killed two people.
Marion Evelyn Andrew and Pauline Mary Ogilvie, who were in their seventies, died as a result of the crash in Pukenui yesterday.
Both women were from Houhora.
A 28-year-old man is facing two charges of aggravated careless driving causing death and one of aggravated careless use causing injury.
He will appear in the Kaitaia District Court.