Just after 8, emergency services were called to the event, where a car collided with a motorcycle.

The rider was taken to hospital in a critical condition, but later died.

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25 Apr: A man is facing multiple charges in Whakatane court today, after allegedly taking three people hostage and firing at Police last night

24 Apr: Police in Waikato are asking for for help over a burglary at Tokoroa Four Square

24 Apr: Gisborne police are appealing for witnesses to a sexual assault near the Boardwalk, on April 9

24 Apr: A Police search continues for a fisherman who fell from their boat off the Waikato coast yesterday

23 Apr: A month after a Gisborne birthday party that ended with the death of two men - no further changes have been laid

23 Apr: A person's been arrested after a hunt, accused of ramming a Police car with a stolen vehicle in Tolaga Bay, north of Gisborne

22 Apr: The family of a Northland police officer hit by a car over the weekend is planning her tangi and waiting for the coroner to release her body

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