Crews from 2 stations have responded to the vegetation fire after being alerted just after 4:30pm.

The Transport Agency says the highway is closed near Frethy Drive.

The recommended detour: through State Highway 41, 32 and Pohipi Road.

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21 Nov: A person has serious injuries after a crash between a car and motorbike in Marotiri, northwest of Taupo

20 Nov: A suspected drug boat's missing at sea, about 50km from the top of the North Island

20 Nov: About 230 jobs are on the line at Tokoroa's Kinleith Mill

19 Nov: Fears up to 200 hundred jobs could go at Tokoroa's KINLEITH Mill... with staff being asked to attend a meeting tomorrow morning

18 Nov: Police are warning others, not to follow in the footsteps of a man - who got stranded in the cold on Mount Taranaki

17 Nov: A homicide investigation continues after the death of an eight-year-old boy in Whakatane

16 Nov: The Auckland Hearts have beaten Northern Districts by seven wickets at Mount Maunganui, on the opening day of the women's one-day cricket competition, the Hallyburton Johnstone Shield

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