A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson told the PA news agency on Friday: “Our team in New Zealand have provided advice on bereavement abroad after one British person died and three others were seriously injured in Martinborough.
Three British people remain in hospital in a stable condition after a fourth was killed in a collision between a four-seater quad-cycle and a car in New Zealand, police said.
Martinborough police said the incident occurred at about 10.45am on Thursday on Puruatanga Road in the town of Martinborough, located on New Zealand’s North Island.
In a statement on Saturday, a New Zealand Police spokesman said: “At this time three people remain in hospital in a stable condition.
Mr Hammond said touring the wineries in the area on foot and by bike was very popular, adding the speed limit on the road may need to be reduced “because the use of that road has changed in the last 10, 20 years”.
