Emergency services were called after 7.30 this evening to a two vehicle crash on State Highway 1 - near Island Block Road.

Motorists are being told to avoid the area and expect delays.

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03 Oct: Health authorities are urging people in Northland and central Otago to be on the look out for measles symptoms

02 Oct: Worries over children in Northland, where immunisation rates are low and more measles cases have appeared, to a total of six

02 Oct: Police want to hear of any sightings of a missing 62-year-old man, last seen in Tauranga

01 Oct: Australia posts six-wicket win over New Zealand in opening men's T20I

01 Oct: The Health Minister says the focus is on containing and stamping out measles, as new cases pop up in Northland and Queenstown

30 Sep: Gisborne police are still hunting a person seen fleeing Riverdale - where a man was found critically injured on his lawn early yesterday, before dying in hospital

30 Sep: The total number of measles cases in New Zealand now sits at five

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