One man has died and another is in a serious condition in hospital after a motorbike veered off the road near Auckland this morning.
Police and ambulance services were called to a crash in Dairy Flat north of Auckland at about 1.44am today, said police.
"A high powered motorcycle failed to take a corner and left the road in a rural area.''
Police said a 52-year-old man was thrown from the motor cycle he was driving, and died at the scene.
The other 52-year-old pillion passenger survived the crash, and was taken to Auckland Hospital.
