Emergency services received the report about 10.20am and are on their way to the scene on Tairua Road.
Emergency services received the report about 10.20am and are on their way to the scene on Tairua Road.
Emergency services have been stood down after reports of a "small aircraft" crash in Whangamata - after it turned out to be a top dressing plane working in the area.
Police received the report at about 10.20am of the incident. Ambulances, a rapid response vehicle and two helicopters responded nearTairua Rd, Hikuai.
But Onemana Rural Fire chief Jo Adams confirmed there was no plane crash and a top dressing plane had been working in the area.
A police spokesperson also confirmed it was a top-dressing plane working in the area, "which is possibly what the person saw who reported it".
A motorist earlier told the Herald they saw an aircraft flying low and erratically through the hills, then saw a cloud of smoke.
