Police say a person was found critically injured on State Highway 5 in Tarawera and was airlifted to hospital.

They passed away in hospital yesterday.

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03 Jun: The safety of Dunedin's bus hub is under review

03 Jun: More court appearances today, over Friday night's large violent boy-racer gatherings in Levin and Palmerston North

03 Jun: A coronial inquest begins today, almost four years since a terror attack at an Auckland supermarket

02 Jun: A woman has critical injuries from falling 20 metres on to rocks at East Auckland's Musick Point

02 Jun: It's not quite the dance of the desperate yet but the Waikato-Bay of Plenty Magic can feel the heat on them for results ahead of tonight's final game in round four of the ANZ Premiership

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