One person is critically injured after a crash involving a car, ute and small truck in Bay of Plenty

Emergency services were called to State Highway 29 at Lower Kaimai, southwest of Tauranga about 10.30am.

Two other people in the same vehicle suffered moderate injuries, while the sole occupants of the two other vehicles were unhurt.

Meanwhile, in the Far North, State Highway 12 has re-opened at Taheke, after a truck rolled.