Person seriously injured after fall at White Cliffs in Waiiti, Taranaki

Emergency services were called to the scene just before 7am today. Photo / File

A person has been flown to hospital in a serious condition after falling off a cliff in Taranaki.

Emergency services were called to a river mouth at White Cliffs in Waiiti, north of New Plymouth, just before 7am today, after a person fell from a coastal cliff into the surf below.

A police spokesman said following a water rescue, the person had been flown to Waikato Hospital via helicopter in a serious condition.