Police have named a five-year-old boy who died after being hit by a vehicle in a Lower Hutt church courtyard.
The death of Levi Falemoe, from Taita, took the Labour Weekend road toll provisionally to three, equalling the lowest on record.
Lower Hutt police are investigating the accident at The Spring of Living Water Assembly of God Church in George Street, Stokes Valley, at 3pm yesterday.
Levi was with his mother in a relative's four-wheel-drive, along with other family members being dropped off at the church to attend a family sports day.
Lower Hutt police Detective Sergeant Dean Simpson said the boy got out of the vehicle in the church courtyard area, to play with other children from the congregation.
As the driver moved forward to park, Levi was hit by the 4WD, and died a short time later at the scene.
Mr Simpson said the police serious crash unit carried out a scene examination and an examination of the vehicle would be completed today.
Police have interviewed the driver, and were speaking with other passengers in the vehicle at the time of incident.
Today Inspector John McClelland, national manager of the police commercial vehicle investigations unit, said the road toll had been fairly consistent over the past few years.
"People are certainly aware of the consequences of inattention when they're driving and so on," he told Radio New Zealand.
For a long weekend, the road toll figure was good, he said, but "unfortunately any death is one too many and we'll still keep plugging along".
"It would be really good to have a weekend like this with no fatalities."
Mr McClelland said the big message to drivers was attention to detail, concentrating, wearing seatbelts and no drinking and driving.
He congratulated police staff who were on duty during the weekend, because, he said, their presence did have an impact on driver behaviour.
Yesterday police named two young men killed in a crash near Wellington's ferry terminal on Saturday night.
They were David Setu Patrick Iafeta, 19, and Jimmy Junior Rere, 20, both of Porirua.
Wellington CIB Detective Sergeant Donna Howard said the driver, another young male, remained in a serious but stable condition at Wellington Hospital and police hoped to speak with him soon.
The men were killed when the car hit a barrier on the southbound lane of State Highway 1 near the Aotea off-ramp about 10pm on Saturday.
One of them was flung 40m over the motorway barrier on to the ferry terminal carpark. Ferry staff rushed to his aid but he died before ambulance staff arrived. The second man also died at the scene after landing on the motorway.
Police said it was believed that the men had both been wearing seatbelts but could not explain how they were thrown from the vehicle.
It was not yet known what caused the crash. Ms Howard said no other vehicles were thought to be involved.
