Emergency services were alerted at 1.05pm to the crash at the intersection of Dacre Street and State Highway One.

Cordons are in place and motorists should avoid the area.

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23 Oct: Several thousand people have lost power across the upper half and west coast of the South Island

23 Oct: The dead driver of a van that slammed into a forestry truck has had his name cleared

22 Oct: Police say there are serious injuries after a two-vehicle crash has blocked State Highway One in both directions near Tokoroa in Bay of Plenty

22 Oct: Hastings Police are asking parents to be alert - after a suspicious incident in Whakatu

22 Oct: Police aren't treating a woman's unexplained death this morning on Whangarei's Bank street as suspicious

22 Oct: Police are asking the public to help identify a 10-litre container related to a fatal house fire in Auckland's Bucklands Beach this month

22 Oct: Our newsroom understands Police believe a sudden death in Queenstown this morning, was after a fall from a balcony

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