A man has been taken to hospital after he got an electric shock when he touched overhead power lines.
Taupo's Greenlea Rescue Helicopter was called to a rural address outside Benneydale on Monday afternoon.
A man in his 50s had been working on the roof of a shed when he was believed to have touched the overhead lines.
He had a significant gash to his head and what appeared to be a small exit wound from the electricity on the bottom of his foot.
The man had no memory of the incident or the time period leading up to it.