One person is in critical condition after a single-vehicle crash in Northland this afternoon.
At around 3.20 pm, emergency services raced to Paparoa-Oakleigh Road, Mareretu.
Both passengers of the car were injured.
One has escaped with minor injuries, a spokesperson from Hato Hone St John said, however the other is critically injured.
The critically injured passenger has been rushed to Northland Base Hospital via ambulance.