Police say they were called to reports of a motorbike hitting a pedestrian at the Tweed Street and Aberdeen Street intersection about 8.45 this morning.

Tweed Street is closed and motorists are being urged to avoid the area.

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28 Nov: State Highway 36 Pyes Pa Road near Tauranga is blocked, after a car collided with a power pole

26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning

25 Nov: A woman's moderately injured - after being assaulted in her Whangarei home overnight

25 Nov: Police have revealed an 11-year-old was one of two who drowned off Whangarei's coast 11 days ago

25 Nov: The Court of Appeal has upheld a Northland meth dealer's jail term of over five years

25 Nov: Police are working to identify a body found during the search for missing woman Te Anihana Pomana

24 Nov: Police are recovering a body in the water near Chapel Street in Tauranga

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