A 22-year-old Gisborne man was killed in a crash in Frasertown, Wairoa just after 7.30pm on Sunday night.
A police spokesperson said authorities were not yet in a position to release the man's name but confirmed another man, who was flown to Hawke's Bay Hospital in a critical condition, was now stable.
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter responded to the accident at 8pm and reported transporting a 26-year-old male who had sustained head and arm injuries to the Hawke's Bay Hospital in a critical condition.
Yesterday afternoon he was transferred to Middlemore Hospital in Auckland for further treatment. A Middlemore Hospital spokesperson said he was in a stable condition.
Two other men were taken to Wairoa Hospital for treatment and had since been discharged.