UPDATED 2.01pm: A injured paraglider is being brought down from Mauao after crashing this afternoon.
Mount Maunganui lifeguards were helping St John ambulance officers retrieve the man, who crashed near the summit of the Mount, a Mount Maunganui Lifeguard Service spokesman said.
It is understood part of the man's canopy collapsed and he crashed into trees.
Police were also called to the scene.
EARLIER: Police are standing down from a possible search and rescue operation at Mount Maunganui's summit this afternoon.
Police were called to the Mount about 1.20pm.
A police northern communications spokesman said they had been called to an incident potentially needing a search and rescue repsonse, however the matter had now been resolved.
Further detail was not available at this stage.