A person has died in a crash near Lake Matahina, southwest of Whakatane.
A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the single-car crash just after midnight, in the early hours of Monday morning.
The driver of the car died at the scene.
Fire and Emergency northern communications shift manager Scott Osmond said a ute had rolled on Galatea Rd, about 2km north of the Tahuna Rd intersection.
