Police were alerted to a vehicle in a ditch around ten past two this morning.

Two people have critical injuries and three others have a range of injuries.

Motorists are advised to avoid Whareponga Road and Waiapu Road.

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27 Nov: Ongoing efforts in Southland and Otago to control multiple vegetation fires

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27 Nov: State Highway 1 between Kaikoura and Blenheim is likely to be closed for several hours after a fatal motorcycle crash

27 Nov: A woman's dead and a man's in a critical condition after a shark attack off the New South Wales coast

27 Nov: An Auckland surfer's lucky to be alive, after drifting more than a kilometre off Piha Beach - caught in a rip and in complete darkness

27 Nov: A small boat's caught fire in the Hauraki Gulf this morning - with two boaties escaping on a dinghy

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