Police are asking for the public's help following a crash involving a cyclist and a ute near Tauranga earlier today.
Police were called to Oropi Rd, near Kensington Lane at Oropi about 10.05am after a ute and a cyclist collided.
The ute left the scene following the collision.
The cyclist, who had been travelling in a party of three, was taken to hospital with moderate injuries.
The ute is described as a white or silver flat-bed ute, with a registration number beginning with 'NU'.