Photo: RNZ / Tom Kitchin
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash which killed one person and injured another north of Kaikōura this morning.
The person died and another was injured following the crash between a car and truck just before 6am.
State Highway 1 north of the town was closed until 3pm, when one lane reopened with stop-go traffic management in place.
But Waka Kotahi said motorists should expect delays as traffic backlog cleared.
Police said they were particularly interested in talking to the occupants of a white van seen in the area at the time.
Anyone who witnessed the crash, or has any information which could assist police, is asked to contact police on 105, quoting event number P052047473.