A person has been killed in a crash in Central Hawke's Bay.
Emergency services were called to the collision at the intersection of Middle and Elsthorpe Roads near Otane about 3.30pm on Sunday.
A police spokeswoman said a motorcyclist had died after colliding with a truck.
Initial reports were that there had been two motorcycles together at the time of the crash.
A St John Ambulance spokeswoman said they had taken one person in a serious condition to Hawke's Bay Hospital.