Another person was seriously injured.
This is the seventh death on the roads for 2026.
The first death occurred just 40 minutes into the new year at the intersection of State Highway 26 and Cadman Rd in Tirohia, Hauraki. The sole occupant of the car that crashed died at the scene.
A woman died three days after her crash on the 2nd on State Highway 3 south of Turakina. She died of her injuries on January 5 in Wellington Hospital.
Then, four deadly crashes happened in just 24 hours from January 4 to January 5.
Late on Sunday night, police were called to Puhinui Rd, Papatoetoe, where the sole occupant of the vehicle that crashed died.
Just hours later at 7.45am, a driver of a vehicle that crashed on Jones Rd in Rolleston, Christchurch, died at the scene of their accident.
At 9.45am on Monday, one person died at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 24, in Waikato, south of Matamata.
The third fatality happened soon after when a man was crushed under a car on Roche St in Wānaka. Police were called to the scene at about 10.45am with the victim dying at the scene.
According to Ministry of Transport statistics, there were eight deaths on the roads at the same time last year.
