One person has died and four others were injured last night in a three-car pile-up south of Auckland.
It happened just a few hours before a serious two-vehicle crash forced the closure of the Waikato Expressway overnight.
In Auckland, a police spokesperson confirmed one person died after a crash on Karaka Rd at 5.20pm.
A St John spokesperson sent 11 vehicles and treated six people at the scene – three were seriously injured, two moderately and one only suffered minor injuries.