Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A person has died following a crash in Westland on Saturday night.
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 6, between Ruatapu and Ross, about 8.35pm.
Police said the driver of one of the cars died at the scene, and the driver of the other vehicle was flown to hospital with serious injuries.
State Highway 6 reopened about 4am.
Police were investigating the cause of the crash.
A van ran a red light, crashed and tipped over, crushing the driver's arm.
A person has been killed in a crash between a logging truck and a car near Nelson.
A major Wellington highway was closed by a serious crash involving a motorbike.
Hato Hone St John were alerted at 11.30am and sent an ambulance and a rapid response vehicle to the crash site.
A person was killed and another seriously injured in the crash on State Highway 1's Waimate Highway near Makikihi.
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