Police signalled the speeding rider to stop on State Highway 18 just after 10am.

Soon after police turned off their lights and sirens the rider lost control and crashed at the Tauhinu Road off-ramp. Diversions are in place.

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28 Dec: A Whakatane motorcyclist looks to have been critically injured, in a crash in Murupara

28 Dec: A Kapiti man has been charged with attempted murder, following an early morning stoush with a cyclist

25 Dec: Transporting New Zealand's asking road users to allow extra time when travelling over the Christmas break

23 Dec: A cyclist had died following a crash at Stanley Point on Auckland North Shore

20 Dec: Getting people out of their cars is possible with the right plans and policies – case study

18 Dec: High Performance Sport New Zealand is putting faith in cycling in the next Olympic cycle - boosting funding for the sport by 770 thousand dollars, with canoe racing and athletics also seeing sizeable jumps in support

17 Dec: A cyclist has been seriously injured after a collision with a truck on Auckland's Franklin Road - at the intersection with Scotland Street, in Freeman's Bay

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