7 Sep 2025

Person seriously injured at property near Christchurch

7:44 pm on 7 September 2025
RNZ/Reece Baker

(File photo) Photo: RNZ / REECE BAKER

Hato Hone St John Ambulance says a person has been airlifted to hospital, after being seriously injured in a rural area north of Christchurch.

Ambulance officers were called to a property on Waikuku Beach Road, at the beachside community of Waikuku Beach, just before 1.30pm Sunday.

"Our crews assessed and treated one patient, who was airlifted to Christchurch Hospital in a serious condition."

More information was not immediately available.

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