Seven people have died so far this Easter long weekend and it's not over yet. Seven people have died so far this Easter long weekend - with just under 24 hours still to go in the reporting period. That's more than the total for the entire Easter holiday period every year - bar one - for the past decade. READ MORE:* Easter weekend traffic: Queues expected in Auckland's north and south* Wellington Easter traffic: State Highway 2 reopened after wind flips caravan onto road* Woman named in fatal three-car crash in Bay of Plenty* What to do about our rising road toll? On Friday a woman died in a crash at an intersection at Whakamaru in Waikato, and a person died after a truck and car collided in Hauraki on Thursday.

Source: Stuff April 04, 2021 22:30 UTC