A 69-year-old Doubtless Bay man has died after a head-on crash near Moerewa.
The accident occurred at 2.35pm yesterday on State Highway 1, at Taumatamakuku Settlement about 500m east of the Affco freezing works.
The deceased was the sole occupant of a Nissan which was travelling north.
Two women in a southbound vehicle were also injured. The passenger was flown to Whangārei Hospital by rescue helicopter with serious chest injuries while the driver was taken by ambulance to nearby Bay of Islands Hospital with moderate injuries.