A woman has been airlifted to Whangārei Hospital after a car and a campervan collided on State Highway 10 near Kerikeri.
The crash occurred about 12.20pm on Tuesday directly outside Redwoods Garden Centre.
Police, St John Ambulance and two crews from the Kerikeri Fire Brigade attended. The
Northland Rescue Helicopter landed in a field immediately behind Redwoods.
The driver and sole occupant of the Suzuki hatchback, believed to be an elderly woman, suffered serious injuries and had to be cut out of her car with hydraulic cutting equipment.
Her car sustained serious damage to the driver's side.