Please attribute to a police spokesperson:
At 10.25am this morning, a car and motorcycle have collided at the intersection of Chapel Road, Dannemora Drive and Ti Rakau Drive, Botany.
The motorcyclist has suffered serious injuries and has been transported by ambulance to hospital.
The Counties Manukau Serious Crash Unit are in attendance.
Diversions are in place around that intersection and are expected to remain in place for some time.
Motorists are asked to avoid that area until notified that the intersection has reopened.
ENDS
Shelley Nahr/NZ Police