A police spokesperson told Newshub it went down near the Uretiti Beach campground.
The main transport link between Northland and Auckland was due to reopen this week after a nine-week closure, but fresh landslides have pushed that out to the end of June.
You might want to pack a raincoat today.
The area has been protected for decades and is known as one of the world's best dive spots.
New slips in April have delayed the crucial road's reopening.
One person was pronounced dead at the scene.
"Do you accept that's what you did... and what you told us yesterday and today is wrong?"
Karnin Petera, 15, died a year ago this week.
Five paying clients died in the tragedy.
Fifteen-year-old Karnin Petera died on the school trip last year.
Victims and their families have travelled to Whangarei to attend the trial.
One man was found dead in the water by the police's national dive squad.
A series of search warrants in Auckland and Northland on Wednesday resulted in the arrests.
The men were fishing from rocks on Wednesday and were due home in Whangārei - but never returned.
The road was due to fully reopen on May 13 but could be closed for several more weeks.
"I turned around and there was a big kiwi running around the middle of the workshop."
Firefighters were called to the blaze about 2:40am on Monday.
"It's hard not to cry about it."
Constable Gail Shepherd is being remembered as the "greatest grandmother".
Police say the car left the road and crashed into a power pole before hitting a pedestrian.