Photo: ONERAHI CENTRAL CRICKET CLUB / SUPPLIED

A much-loved teacher and sportsman in the Auckland and Northland communities is being mourned following his death on a road in Northland's Bay of Islands.

Harry Darkins, 36, died after being struck by a vehicle on Puketona Rd in Haruru, near Paihia, in the early hours of Sunday.

Darkins had worked at a number of schools in Northland and Auckland including Whangārei Intermediate School, Whangārei Boys High School and more recently, Auckland's Ormistion Junior College. He was also a keen sportsman playing cricket for Onerahi Central Cricket Club and Northern Māori Cricket.

Sam Walker, from Onerahi Centr

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