It happened at the intersection of Takapau and Racecourse road, just before 4am this morning.

The single occupant died at the scene, despite the best efforts of emergency services.

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27 Jun: A 27-year-old woman's charged with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle after allegedly stealing a courier van on Napier's Station Street this morning

27 Jun: Hastings' water-park Splash Planet is going to test itself as just a park after suffering financially last summer

21 Jun: A well-known hoarders home in Hastings is smouldering, after an inferno overnight

21 Jun: A man's been arrested following a suspicious house fire in Levin

21 Jun: One person has been found deceased following a house fire in Marton this morning

20 Jun: A person's in a serious condition, after a potential stabbing in Hastings' Flaxmere

20 Jun: Multiple cars have gone up in flames in a Palmerston North scrap yard early this morning

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Business:
Excitement over expected changes to the way authorities deal with retail crime 7:57

Soccer:
A Messi exit for Inter Miami in the round-of-16 at football's Club World Cup 7:47

Golf:
Golfer Kazuma Kobori has finished in a share of 16th at the Italian Open on the European Tour 7:27

International:
China forces young Tibetan children to indoctrination boarding schools to push state propaganda 7:27

Christchurch:
Police are investigating an unexplained death in Canterbury's Amberley 7:27

Netball:
The Pulse have ended the Tactix's five-match win streak in netball's ANZ Premiership after a 59-50 triumph in Wellington 7:07

Law and Order:
The family of a 17-year-old girl missing in Auckland for nearly a week, are still waiting for news 5:47

Politics:
Hopes new offences will curb the number of attacks on prison staff 5:36

Motoring:
F1 Austrian Grand Prix: Lando Norris beats Oscar Piastri to race win, Carlos Sainz out after car catches fire in pits 4:36

Health & Safety:
Kiwi athletes are warned to be careful of their attire, after a first-of-its-kind doping case 21:56

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