On Boxing Day, father-of-one Shane Curtis Tosh, 24, died when his Honda left the Dacre-Lorneville road north of Invercargill. Mr Tosh was the sole occupant of the car, which flipped and landed in a paddock about 6.30am. The funeral was being held today for the meat plant employee.
Just hours after Mr Tosh died, a 58-year-old Taumaranui man was killed when his car careered down a bank. Police are yet to name him.
A 23-year-old man from North Canterbury remains in a critical condition after being thrown from his vehicle when it crashed into a pole early on Friday.
The accident happened in the town of Harwarden, near Lake Sumner Forest Park just after midnight.
The car came to rest about 40 metres down the road after the crash.
Meanwhile, 16-year-old Rowan Cai Parker was farewelled today in Owaka, in the Catlins.
The popular student was killed last week when he lost control of a quad bike in the Chaslands area of South Otago and drove over a cliff - falling 150 meters on to rocks.
His death did not count towards the official holiday road toll as the crash did not happen on public roads.
Neither did the death of three-year-old Te Haeata Pitiroi, who was run over in a Hatepe driveway south of Taupo on Christmas Eve.
