Police were alerted to the crash about 5 last night.

The motorcyclist was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital, while the Serious Crash Unit closed the road for investigation.

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25 Feb: Double Olympic champion Ellesse Andrews has forced another re-write of the records en route to a national track cycling title in Invercargill

21 Feb: The man charged with murdering a teenage Whangarei motorcyclist, is the victim's brother

18 Feb: A motorcyclist has died in a crash in Central Otago overnight

18 Feb: Finn Fisher-Black's been promoted to second after the 138-kilometre opening stage of cycling's Tour of the UAE

18 Feb: Geraint Thomas is pedalling to the finish of his cycling career

13 Feb: Bryony Botha has pedalled to a world record in an adjusted discipline at the Oceania track cycling championships in Brisbane - the individual pursuit is now 4000 rather than 3000 metres

08 Feb: Alex Hunt has the lead in the final bike leg of the men's Coast to Coast Longest Day event

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