The road closure between Whirinaki and Tutira will allow for the recovery of a truck and trailer unit near Tangoio.

There are no diversions in place, so travel between Napier and Wairoa between 11pm and 3am will not be possible.

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16 May: A stretch of motorway between Thames and Kopu in the Coromandel has reopened, after authorities attended to a person who was found on the road this morning

13 May: Police are still seeking a motorbike driver who allegedly failed to stop twice at yesterday's gang tangi in Gisborne

13 May: Police are seeking witnesses and camera footage for their homicide investigation into the death of a man in central Northland

12 May: Enquiries are underway into a fatal crash involving an All Terrain Vehicle in Waikato's Karapiro

11 May: Extra police have been brought in to Gisborne for the tangi of a patched gang member today

10 May: The Central Pulse have made no contest of today's ANZ Premiership netball season opener, thrashing the Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 57-44 in Palmerston North

10 May: Two people in critical and moderate condition, have been airlifted to Waikato Hospital, after an car accident in Omanawa

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