One person is dead after a two vehicle crash near Mangaweka.
The crash happened about 1pm, just south of Mangaweka on SH1, police said.
Emergency services were working on cutting victims from the vehicles, but a police spokesman has confirmed one person has since died at the scene.
Another person has been flown to hospital, the spokesman said.
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The section of SH1 was closed following the crash.