Northland has experienced another consecutive spate of fatal crashes.
A man died on Saturday afternoon after a crash on State Highway One near Flyger Rd turn-off, south of Whangarei.
He was a passenger in a south-bound car which left the road and crashed into a ditch. The driver survived the accident and is in Whangarei Hospital.
On Friday, a fatal crash closed State Highway One near Kaiwaka for nearly half a day after an accident about 11am.
It was the second consecutive spate of deaths in the past month.