A person has died in an incident near Ngatai Rd, Tauranga.
Police say the death is not being treated as suspicious and will be referred to the Coroner.
A reporter at the scene said there was a huge police presence near a walkway leading down to the train tracks.
She said a cargo train had stopped on the tracks.
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Traffic was flowing, though police were stopping people from going down the walkway, she said.
Police asked motorists to avoid the area.
They were first called by a member of the public at 4.50pm.