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No rise in road toll but no cause to celebrate
Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.
Alcohol and speed contributed to more than half the 13 deaths on New Zealand roads over the holiday period.
The holiday road toll stands at 13, the same as last year, following two fatal crashes in Auckland overnight.
A post-mortem examination of Cem Erbay will be carried out today, say police.
A nine-year-old Auckland boy survived going over a 20m waterfall in Queensland.
The body found near Matarangi on the Coromandel Peninsula yesterday has been identified as that of missing teenager Cem Erbay. The death is being treated as suspicious.
A range of causes have been blamed for hospital emergency departments being swamped by a holiday rush.
Authorities are urging parents to stay within arm's reach of their children around water.
A fleeing driver was taken to hospital after crashing near central Auckland.
The holiday road toll now stands at eight following a crash in Opotiki in the eastern Bay of Plenty this evening in which a man died after being flung through the windscreen of a car.
Speed, alcohol and driver fatigue all appear to have been contributing factors in a crash on SH1 at Horotiu, north of Hamilton, today that has left two young men fighting for their lives.