Police were called to the accident on Woodcocks Road just after 12.30...they say the rider died at the scene.

Diversions are in place and the Serious Crash Unit has been advised.

>> More Cycling News

Other Cycling News

10 Feb: One person has died after a crash between a vehicle and a cyclist in Upper Hutt's Trentham

10 Feb: Auckland police have caught a motorcyclist with nearly twice the legal breath alcohol limit early this morning

06 Feb: Cyclist George Bennett has clinched the men's Elite Road National Championship title in Cambridge in four hours, nine minutes and 45 seconds

05 Feb: Road cyclists Ella Wyllie and Finn Fisher-Black have claimed the national time trial crowns in Cambridge

05 Feb: A chance to test his pedaling prowess against some of New Zealand's best riders has been seized Hayden Wilde

02 Feb: A motorcyclist has died following a serious crash in South Auckland's Otara last week

31 Jan: A motorcyclist has been critically injured in a crash on State Highway 3 at Ratana, near Whanganui

Top Stories

RUGBY
The Blues believe they've unearthed a gem in Torian Barnes ahead of his Super Rugby debut on Saturday More...

BUSINESS
A collective ambition to make Canterbury one of the best regions to grow business and a great life More...

Today's News

Entertainment:
Warner Bros Discovery think the Harry Potter revival series will be the "streaming event of the decade" 9:21

Motorsports:
Liam Lawson is keeping perspective after cutting his Formula One pre-season testing short at Bahrain 9:07

Auckland:
Emergency services are investigating a suspicious fire at a factory in Auckland's Onehunga 8:57

Entertainment:
Chris Hemsworth admitted he proposed to Elsa Pataky in a very un-romantic way 8:51

Business:
A collective ambition to make Canterbury one of the best regions to grow business and a great life 8:47

General:
Italy hosted the Winter Olympics 70 years ago. What was it like, and what’s changed? 8:27

Entertainment:
Marc Anthony says the Beckham family drama is "unfortunate", but insisted how it is playing out is "hardly the truth" 8:21

Politics:
Václav Havel’s 1978 essay The Power of the Powerless is eerily relevant today 8:17

Law and Order:
Arguments in favour of appealing the mosque terrorist's convictions have wrapped up - as an attempt to overturn his guilty pleas reaches the final day 8:07

National:
FDA rejects Moderna’s mRNA flu vaccine application - for reasons with no basis in the law 8:07

News Search

Power Search