17-year-old Joshua Martin was killed in a motorcycle accident on October 15.

Support is flowing in to Pakuranga College after student Joshua Martin died in a traffic accident.

The 17-year-old died on Thursday after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle on Pakuranga Highway in East Auckland.

Martin died at the scene while the occupants of the car were uninjured.

Principal Michael Williams expressed his condolences to family and friends of the year 13 student.

He says Martin was a valued member of the school community.

"Josh was everything we would want a young Pakuranga College graduate to be," he says.

"He was involved in sport, hockey, waka ama, young enterprise and he was a house leader in the school, as well as a peer support leader."

"For us the loss of one of our own and someone who typified Pakuranga so well is tragic."

The college began the the day with a blessing of the crash site.

"The culture of the school is about supporting and caring. It is that culture that will carry us through," Williams says.

He says classes will continue to run as normal but support bases had been set up around the school.

"We know from research that it is very important for the community that we do keep moving forward and stay future focused."

Police were called to the scene of the crash outside McDonalds between Fortunes Rd and Pigeon Mountain Rd at 12:55pm on Thursday.

Both sides of the highway were affected and closures were in place, however the road reopened about 3.30pm.

Counties Manukau Serious Crash Unit is investigating.