Seven people have died so far this Easter long weekend - with still almost a whole day 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. On Saturday night a person in Ōtaki died after crashing into a power pole, and a man was struck and killed by a bus in downtown Wellington. 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. The Easter holiday period began on Thursday afternoon and runs until 6am tomorrow.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 04, 2021 21:00 UTC