UPDATE 12.15pm: Power is out in Oropi and Ohauiti this afternoon after a car hit a pole on Oropi Rd.
Powerco reported the outage at 12.14pm and have stated an expected restoration time of 5pm.
EARLIER: Oropi Rd has been closed to traffic after a car crashed into a powerpole this morning, knocking powerlines across the road.
One woman, the sole occupant of the car, has been taken to hospital with moderate injuries, Tauranga fire station officer Dave Whistler said.
A police northern communications spokesman said the road was blocked off to traffic between Wood Rd and Warner Rd after the crash about 11.35am.