A woman has died as a result of a workplace incident at a sawmill in Kawerau.
The mill confirmed the death of "someone very close to us" in a statement early this afternoon.
The death had been referred to the coroner and WorkSafe has been notified, a police spokeswoman said.
Emergency services were alerted to reports of a person trapped under a pile of timber at a commercial address on Manukorihi Drive at 11am.
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