Auckland crash triggers start of Christmas holiday road tollStuff Detective Inspector Scott Beard says an innocent man lost his life after a horror hit-and-run in Auckland on Saturday morning. An early-morning hit-and-run in central Auckland has triggered the start of the Christmas holiday road death toll. Since 2013, New Zealand's road toll has been back on the increase. Road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson said rigid enforcement of speed limits had not helped bring the road toll down. "For years, the police have been telling us that rigid enforcement of speed limits would lower the road toll.

Source: Stuff December 22, 2017 22:34 UTC