A soldier has been killed in a crash near the Linton army base in Manawatu.
Private Te Tahuna Tahapeehi, 21, died at the scene after his motorcycle collided with a car at the intersection of Bells and Camp roads at 9.45am on Monday.
He was a member of the Second Logistics Battalion.
The 20-year-old woman driver of the car, who is also in the military, was not hurt and is being monitored for shock at the Linton Camp Hospital.
The crash comes a day after three Air Force crew members were killed after their Iroquois helicopter crashed on the way to Anzac Day commemorations in Wellington.
A fourth person remains in hospital with critical injuries on Monday.