An elderly man had to be cut from his car after a collision with a four-wheel-drive vehicle near Katikati on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to the crash in Wright Rd, Aongetete, about 2pm to find the man trapped in his car.
Katikati police Constable Andy Berntsen said it appeared the man had pulled out from a driveway in Wright Rd and his car and an oncoming 4WD had collided.
The man's car was hit on the left side, spinning the car around and pushing it into a hedge on the other side of the road, Mr Berntsen said.
Katikati volunteer firefighters cut the back of the man's car off to get him out, he said. The man, understood to be in his 70s, was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.