Photo: RNZ / Tim Brown
Two people have died in separate road crashes on Saturday in Northland and the Waikato.
In Northland, emergency services were called to a serious two-vehicle crash on SH1 near Waiomio, south of Kawakawa, shortly after midnight.
One person died at the scene. Police said the serious crash unit had examined the site and the highway had since re-opened.
At about 7.40am, emergency services were called to another fatal crash on Waikoha Road in Karamu, near Waipā in the Waikato.
Police said one man died at the scene, after a vehicle left the road and rolled into a paddock.
Investigations into both crashes are ongoing.
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