Emergency services were sent to the scene on State Highway 30 at about 5.30pm, and say the motorcyclist died at the scene.

Motorists are asked to delay travel or find a different route - diversions have been set up.

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

21 Oct: A 19-year-old is due back in court next month, over a fatal two-vehicle crash in July in Waikato's Te Mapara

21 Oct: A coroner says he's 'troubled' multiple people were nearby as a child drowned, face down in a Tauranga fountain

19 Oct: Emergency services are currently at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on SH1 near Karapiro, in Waikato

19 Oct: A group of disoriented trampers have been found after a search and rescue mission was launched in Waikato's Raglan last night

19 Oct: Port Waikato MP Andrew Bayly's opened up about the impacts of the Covid-19 Auckland lockdown in his electorate

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