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One person has died and another has been critically injured in single-vehicle crash early this morning.
The crash occurred on Te Puna Rd, near Tauranga, just before 4.30am, police said.
The death is the second on New Zealand roads in 24 hours, after a man died in a single-vehicle crashon Christchurch's Southern Motorway just before 9pm yesterday.
The man, who died at the scene, was the only occupant of the vehicle, police said.
The Serious Crash Unit is investigating both crashes.
