A person has died in crash in Piopio, Waikato today.
It is the latest in a horror weekend on the roads that has already claimed eight lives.
At 12.40pm a two-vehicle crash was reported on SH3 near Mangakowhai Rd in Piopio, near Waitomo.
Police have confirmed one person has died.
Three people were killed and one child critically injured after a car smashed into a tree near Whananaki, in Northland, early on Sunday.
Emergency services were called to the scene - on Whananaki Rd - at 2.15am.
A police spokeswoman said three people had died, and a child is in a critical condition, after a single-vehicle crash on Whananaki North Road, near Whangarei earlier this morning.
"A fifth occupant of the vehicle received minor injuries."
The road was closed overnight while Police conducted a scene examination.
It has since reopened.
An investigation is under way to establish the circumstances of the collision.
A Fire and Emergency New Zealand (FENZ) spokeswoman said two of its trucks were still at the scene each with four firefighters.
"All we can say at this stage is we are attending a serious crash where a car has crashed into a tree. It's quite a remote area," the spokeswoman said.
St John was also called to scene.
It follows a horror 24 hours on Waikato roads where four people have been killed after three separate crashes.
In the deadliest single crash, two people lost their lives in a crash on Cambridge Rd, in Leamington, south of Cambridge, about 6pm on Saturday.
However, a baby survived the crash, which involved a small logging truck and another vehicle.
Gavin Collinson, who lives near the crash scene, told Stuff he saw a crying baby covered in what looked like grease and still in its car seat, following the crash.
Earlier, a person died in a two-vehicle crash in Tahuna, 18km north of Morrinsville.
Police were alerted just after 10.30am yesterday to the crash on Morrinsville-Tahuna Rd, in which four others suffered minor to moderate injuries.
And on Saturday night a fourth person died when their vehicle crashed into a power pole on State Highway 25 near Pipiroa, 15km south-west of Thames.
The person, who was the sole occupant, died at the scene.
