One person has died after crashing into a power pole in Winton, Southland.
Emergency services were called to State Highway 96 (Winton Wreys Bush Highway), about 14 kilometres north of Winton, at about 12.45am today.
The person died at the scene.
The cause of the crash is under investigation, police said in a statement.
The road remains closed and diversions are in place.
Motorists are asked to avoid the area if possible.
The death brings the holiday road toll to six. The official holiday period began at 4pm on Christmas Eve and ends at 6am tomorrow.
A person died on Kairapa Coast Highway at Wellsford, north of Auckland, yesterday.
A woman died at Christchurch Hospital on Monday, the day after crashing in Nelson. One person died on Monday on State Highway 3, near Piopio in Waikato , a pedestrian died on John Street in Blenheim on December 27, and another person died on State Highway 3 in Kaitoke , near Concord Line, on December 28.
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