One person is dead and seven were injured in a two-car crash at Pembroke, Stratford.
Emergency services were called to the scene at 11pm last night to find one person dead and seven others seriously and moderately injured.
The crash happened on State Highway 3 near the intersection of Monmouth Road. The road was closed overnight, and the serious crash unit was on the scene.
It reopened at 8.40am this morning.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
Meanwhile, one person has died after crashing their motorcycle near the Waikato township of Pukekawa early this morning.
The crash on Morrison Rd was reported to emergency services at 5.35am.
Police said there did not appear to be any other vehicles involved in the crash.
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