Six people lost their lives on the roads during Labour Weekend, two more than last year.
The final fatal crash occurred shortly before 5pm yesterday, near Waihi, in the western Bay of Plenty.
A 24-year-old Saudi man died when a rented mini-van carrying eight people failed to take a bend on State Highway 2 and rolled, coming to a stop in a paddock.
Waikato police said it was believed the man, a rear passenger, was not wearing a seatbelt.
"Once again we find ourselves reflecting on the needless loss of someone thrown from a vehicle while not restrained," road policing manager Inspector Leo Tooman said.
Yesterday morning, a Wellington woman was killed by a bus she was trying to catch in Porirua.
Police said she was chasing after the bus trying to get the attention of the driver when she tripped and fell under the vehicle, which was packed with passengers.
Motorcyclist Matthew Edward Carpinter, 31, died on Sundaywhen he crashed into a bridge on State Highway 6 near Greymouth, on the West Coast.
Police said he was riding with a group when he lost control of his motorcycle around 5pm.
Inquiries were continuing but excessive speed was a possible contributing factor.
Tod Woodman, 16, died in Nelson on Sunday when a 4WD rolled off the Maungatapu Track into a river.
Two women killed in a head on smash on SH1 at Five Mile Bay near Taupo on Saturday have still not been named.
Police said a 79-year-old woman's car crossed the centre line and smashed into a 4WD.
The elderly woman died at the scene while a 53-year-old woman who had been a passenger in the 4WD died later in hospital.
