Police are appealing for information after one person died and another was seriously injured in a crash in Rotorua this morning.
Emergency services attended the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 5 in Whakarewarewa, south of Rotorua at 5.05am on Sunday.
Earlier, police said in a statement the road was expected to remain closed for some time and advised motorists to take alternate routes.
The road reopened almost seven hours later at 11.45am.
