Emergency workers are battling to free a person trapped in a wrecked vehicle after a bus and car collided south of Hamilton.
A Fire and Emergency spokesman said just after 1pm they received a report a car and bus had crashed on State Highway 39, just north of Ngāhinapouri.
One person was trapped in one of the vehicles and firefighters were working to extricate them, he said.
Three fire crews - one each from Hamilton, Te Awamutu and Pirongia - were attending.