The Desert Road in the central North Island has now reopened after a crash this afternoon.
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Desert Road, North Island Photo: Dan Down Under / Flickr / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Two cars crashed at the Waikato Stream Bridge near Rangipo on State Highway One.
It's believed one person was injured and taken to hospital.