An eight-year-old girl left critically injured in a crash in Waverly has died from her injuries in hospital.
Six other people died following the crash on Wednesday - four elderly people, a newborn baby and a young father.
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The mother of the eight-year-old girl remains in hospital with serious injuries.
It's the worst road crash in New Zealand since 2005 when nine people died after a mini-bus full of tourists hit a timber truck in Matamata-Piako, Waikato.
Newshub reporter Alex Baird is at the scene of the crash and told The AM Show police are still in the process of working out what caused it.
It was a head on collision on a relatively normal piece of state highway - there's a tight corner in the road, but the weather was clear yesterday.
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