A crash has left one person seriously injured and closed the Napier-Taupo Rd this morning.
A police spokeswoman said emergency services were called to the scene located 30km south of Taupo just before 6.15am in the area of Maunganamu on State Highway 5.
No fatalities were reported and the road was closed until further notice while fire servies worked to extricate one person trapped in a car in a serious condition.
The New Zealand Transport Agency's latest report on the highway cites the serious incident happened in Waipunga Gorge and advised motorists to delay their journeys or use alternative routes.