The BayTrust Rescue helicopter has come to the aid of a man with a medical condition in Ruatahuna.
The Rotorua based helicopter was dispatched to the Urewera settlement of Ruatahuna at 3.30pm yesterday where a 54-year-old man had a medical condition that required immediate hospital care.
The helicopter was called due to the isolation of the settlement in the middle of the Urewera's.
The patient was flown to Rotorua Hospital for further treatment.