The crash happened on Lower Buller Gorge Road between Heaphy's Road and Bucklands Peak Road about 6.15pm.

The road will be closed for several hours and there's no alternative route.

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02 May: Police are gearing up for a weekend of aerial searches, for a solo fisherman missing off Raglan's coast, in Waikato

02 May: Search efforts have continued without success throughout the day - for two fishermen missing since last night at Whangarei Heads, near Taiharuru

02 May: A neighbour who helped search for three-year-old Lachlan Jones has told an Invercargill Coroner's inquest, she trusts his mother's version of events

02 May: A man's been arrested over a shooting at Wellington Hospital yesterday, about 5pm

02 May: An 18-year-old is among five men arrested in a methamphetamine gang bust

02 May: The Police watchdog's found officers weren't responsible for a crash that killed two men fleeing in a car in Wellington last year

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