The man who died in a serious crash on State Highway 2 near Ōpōtiki on Saturday afternoon has been named.
He was 55-year-old Carl Wayne Holmberg of Riverdale, Gisborne.
Emergency services were called to the two-car crash at 3.40pm on Saturday. Two helicopters were dispatched to the scene.
A woman, 54, and girl, 14, were stable in Tauranga Hospital's intensive care unit.
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They were taken by helicopter in serious and moderate conditions.
The road near the Waioeka River Bridge reopened by 7pm.