“This is likely to have played a part in the success over these years.”The Christmas holiday period officially began at 4pm on December 24 and ran until 6am yesterday. The last death recorded over the period occurred during a single-vehicle crash on Puhinui Rd, Papatoetoe late Monday. On December 31, a person died in a single-vehicle crash at the intersection of Orini Rd and McConnell Rd, in Orini, about 12.30am. Meanwhile, another road death was recorded on December 30 after a car plunged off SH2 into a bank in Tangoio, Hawke’s Bay. The first death over the holiday period was a man who was struck by a car on a Napier street on Boxing Day.

Source: New Zealand Herald January 06, 2026 07:27 UTC