Emergency services were called just before 8am this morning after a child was hit by a vehicle on Taniwha Street in Glen Innes.
The child, believed to be four years old, has been taken to Starship hospital in a critical condition.
The road is currently down to one lane.
The Serious Crash Unit is at the scene.
There is no further information available at this stage.
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Shelley Nahr/NZ Police