A motorcyclist died after a collision involving their machine and a truck

Police say there's heavy traffic congestion and motorists are advised to expect some delays.

Enquiries into the crash are ongoing.

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01 Feb: Firefighters are battling a huge blaze at a lodge north of Southland's Te Anau

01 Feb: All six campers who were buried under a landslide at the base of Mount Maunganui have now been formally identified by the Coroner

31 Jan: The final victim of the Mount Maunganui landslide has been formally identified by the coroner

31 Jan: A motorcyclist has been critically injured in a crash on State Highway 3 at Ratana, near Whanganui

31 Jan: Environment Canterbury has put an exclusion zone in place around the site of a capsized tourist boat, from which more than 40 people were evacuated

31 Jan: A touching tribute from the family of Susan Knowles, a victim of the Mount Maunganui landslide

31 Jan: American alpine ski veteran Lindsay Vonn insists her Olympics comeback is not over despite being airlifted to a Swiss hospital after crashing during her final downhill run ahead of the Winter Games

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