One person has died after a crash near Te Awamutu this evening.
The crash involving a car and a van on Paterangi Road was reported to police at 5.50pm.
The driver of the van was critically injured and passed away at the scene.
The driver of the car was uninjured.
Diversions are in place and the road is expected to remain closed for some time.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are under way, police said.