The driver of a ute involved in a crash with a truck at the southern end of Lake Taupō has been found safe and well.
Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver
Police were called to the scene near the intersection State Highway 41 and Te Ponanga Saddle Road, at Tokaanu, around midnight.
The truck driver was not injured but officers had been searching for the ute driver.
The crash closed State Highway 41 at southern end of Lake Taupō for a time.
In Manawatū, one person is dead after a two-vehicle crash on a road just off SH3, north east of Palmerston North.
Emergency services were called to the intersection of Ashhurst and Hillcrest Roads, in Ashhurst, just before 7am.
The road will remain closed while the Serious Crash Unit investigates.