A woman has been airlifted to hospital after a crash south of Taupo.
The Taupo-based Greenlea Rescue helicopter was dispatched to the crash on State Highway 1 near Hatepe this morning.
A woman in her 50s was flown to Rotorua Hospital.
State Highway 1 was closed for a short time while the helicopter landed on the edge of the road, and the injured woman was loaded.