Police have closed a section of State Highway 2 in Wairarapa after a man was critically injured in a hit-and-run incident, the Herald understands.
A police spokesperson said they were called to the motorway at Ahikōuka around 7am after a man was found injured.
“The man has been airlifted to hospital in a critical condition,” they said.
A resident of the road told the Herald that police told him they were responding to a hit-and-run incident.
