Topless woman seen walking along State Highway 1

Police are responding to the incident. Photo / File

A seemingly "out of it" topless woman has been spotted walking along State Highway 1 near Ohau Point north of Kaikoura this afternoon.

A member of the public called police about 2pm to report they had seen the partially nude woman, who appeared to be "on something", police said.

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"We have had a report of a single female without a top," police said.

"She is walking down the road topless and seems out of it."

Local police have located the woman and were currently with her, a police spokesman said.

The woman has been taken to Kaikoura Hospital.

A hospital spokesman said she was "okay at the moment and not in a critical condition".

It's understood the woman's ordeal continued when she found herself in trouble in a local waterway before she was rescued.