Since the start of the official holiday road toll there have been 373 crashes on New Zealand roads and three lives have been lost.
This year's toll is currently on par with last year and police say they are "cautiously optimistic" there'll be fewer deaths this festive season.
On Christmas Day, one person died in a three-car crash on State Highway 1 at Oakleigh, near Whangarei, and two died in a Boxing Day crash on State Highway 1 near Tokoroa.
National road policing manager Superintendent Steve Greally said he was pleased the toll wasn't any worse than the 2014/15 period but said: "one life was even too many".
Mr Greally said fatal crashes were particularly heartbreaking this time of year.