State Highway 79 is closed at the Pleasant Valley Road intersection, following the 5.15am collision involving two trucks.

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22 Mar: Police are intending to crack down on a planned boy racer event in Hawke's Bay this weekend

22 Mar: A person has died and another is in a critical condition after a crash on State Highway 5 - southwest of Palmerston North's Linton

21 Mar: Five people are injured - one critically - after a crash in southern Waikato

21 Mar: A person's died in a hunting incident in the Bay of Plenty

21 Mar: Police are seeking the public's help as the man behind a violent home invasion and burglary in Wellington earlier this week remains at large

21 Mar: Dunedin Police have paused the search for a 65-year-old woman known as Penny, who's been missing for three weeks

20 Mar: Police have found a body believed to be missing man, Geoffrey Kelly - in the central North Island

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Police are intending to crack down on a planned boy racer event in Hawke's Bay this weekend 8:16

Business:
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Accident and Emergency:
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Business:
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