Source: Radio New Zealand
RNZ / REECE BAKER
One person has died after a crash on State Highway 1, just north of Tūrangi, near Rawhira Road.
The road remained closed and diversions were in place around the western side of Lake Taupō.
Motorists were advised to continue avoiding the area.
The past 24 hours have been treacherous on the roads, with four other people dead in separate crashes.
One was killed on Coast Road in Karitane on Sunday morning and a motorcyclist died in a crash on Foxton Shannon Road in the Manawatū soon after.
At about 12.30am, an occupant was killed in a single-vehicle crash at Paparoa.
On Sunday afternoon, police also confirmed the driver of a vehicle involved a Dome Valley crash on Saturday evening died at the scene.
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