Two people are being taken to hospital by helicopter after being pulled from Ohinemuri River in Karangahake Gorge.
A St John shift supervisor said two people had been pulled from the river, which runs through the Karangahake Gorge, about 4.30pm in a serious condition and were being flown to Waikato Hospital in the Westpac Rescue Helicopter.
Three others were treated at the scene and sent home.