One person has died after a car collided with the median strip and a truck on Auckland's Southern Motorway near Pokeno.
The crash happened about 4.35 am today.
The southbound lane of the motorway remained closed between the Razorback Rd and Nikau Rd interchanges and diversions were in place.
The police serious crash unit is investigating.
It is the first death of the Labour Weekend road toll period.
The official holiday road period runs from 4pm on Friday to 6am on Tuesday.
Last year, the road toll was five, from 94 reported injury crashes.
Quadbike death
One person has died and another taken to hospital with moderate injuries after a quadbike accident at Kuratau near Taupo.
Emergency services were called to a bush reserve near State Highway 41 about 1am today.
A person died at the scene and the other was flown to hospital by helicopter.
Police were investigating on behalf of the Coroner.