The driver of a campervan that collided with a truck on Thursday, killing his wife, has admitted a charge of careless driving causing death.
Canadian Michele Smith, 60, died when her husband mistook a notorious King Country intersection for a roundabout.
Their campervan collided with an oncoming truck at the turnoff to the Waitomo Caves around 2pm.
The couple, along with their 24-year-old daughter, were on a month-long holiday in New Zealand and were heading to Tongariro after a four-hour caving adventure.
A 62-year-old Canadian man appeared in the Hamilton District Court today.
He pleaded guilty to one charge of careless driving causing death, and will be sentenced this afternoon.
"Speed and alcohol are not considered to have been factors in the crash and the Serious Crash Unit are working to establish the prior movements of the campervan prior to the crash,'' said Acting Waikato road policing manager Senior Sergeant Jeff Penno.
King Country locals told the Herald last week the intersection, 10km north of Te Kuiti, is notorious for crashes.
