One person has died after a two-vehicle crash in Northland early this morning.
Emergency services were called to the crash on State Highway near Waiomio, south of Kawakawa around midnight.
"Sadly, one person died at the scene," police said.
The serious crash unit conducted a scene examination and the road is now opened.
"Our thoughts are with their family at this difficult time."
King's Birthday road toll stands at four
The death brings the preliminary road toll for the King's Birthday holiday weekend to four.
A woman died in hospital on Saturday after a single-vehicle crash in Port Waikato on Friday night.
A man died in Waipa, Waikato, after the vehicle he was in left the road and rolled into a paddock on Saturday morning at around 7.40am.
One person died and four were injured on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway early on Sunday morning when a car flipped onto its roof.
The official King's Birthday holiday road toll period was from 4pm on Friday to 6am on Tuesday.
Last year, three people died on New Zealand roads during the same period.
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