The holiday road toll in New Zealand stands at two.
The official holiday road toll began at 4pm on Christmas Eve and ends at 6am on January 5.
A motorcyclist died after a crash involving a car in Parkvale, Tauranga, on Christmas Eve, a police spokesperson said.
And a person died at the scene of a single-vehicle crash on Pah Hill Rd in the Auckland suburb of Wharehine just after 10pm last night.
Also on Christmas Eve, a person died in New Plymouth before the official holiday period had started after a vehicle crashed into a house.
Police said they received a report the vehicle had crashed into a house on Riverside Drive about 9.15am.
The driver, who was trapped underneath the house, died. Fire and Emergency NZ said it took several hours to pull the vehicle out with a fire truck.
Last summer and the summer before there were 21 deaths on the roads during the holiday period. There were 16 fatalities in the 2021-2022 period.
