Police are continuing to investigate a vehicle crash on a Bay of Plenty beach that killed a Northland man.
Following an initial survey of the scene, police said alcohol was a factor in the crash on Papamoa Beach last Thursday night that killed a 24-year-old from Kerikeri.
A four-wheel-drive vehicle the man was driving at the popular Bay of Plenty holiday spot rolled just before 8pm, about 500m north of the beach access at Harrisons Cut.
The driver, from Kerikeri, had to be cut from the wreckage by firefighters.
Four other occupants of the vehicle were uninjured and were helping police with their inquiries.