A woman in her 60s has fallen 5 metres onto concrete while trying to get rid of the wasp nest on her house and has been flown to Waikato Hospital in a serious condition.
Auckland Westpac Rescue Helicopter pilot James Tayler said he landed the helicopter just after 9pm last night in a little reserve in Waiomu where the woman was brought to the helicopter by an ambulance team.
"She was very obviously in considerable pain," Tayler said.
With a fall like that there was always concern there might be spinal injuries, he said.
It was suspected that she had a broken leg, he said.
"But she was very upbeat, quite chatty and very grateful that we had come to help her. She was quite a character."