Police were called to the crash near Whitby just before 3:30, and one motorist has been airlifted to hospital with critical injuries.

All northbound lanes from Waitangirua Link Road are closed and southbound traffic is reduced to one lane.

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27 Aug: Gisborne Police have charged a woman with assault as enquiries continue into the death of a man in Mangapapa yesterday

27 Aug: Christchurch Police have revealed a woman who died in custody on Monday - had earlier been tasered at a Rakaia property after threatening to harm others with a knife

27 Aug: Emergency services are unsure how a person became trapped in an old mine shaft on the West Coast this morning

27 Aug: Former Maori All Black Shane Christie has died in Nelson, aged 39

27 Aug: Brain chemistry reveals psychiatry’s false divisions – new study

27 Aug: Iran is under pressure from Australia at a pivotal moment – time is running out to strike a nuclear deal

27 Aug: Trump’s push to fire Fed governor threatens central bank independence - and that isn’t good news for sound economic stewardship (or battling inflation)

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