Boozed-up teen taken to hospital

The Rotorua St Johns department treated 79 people at Raggamuffin and only five of those were related to alcohol.

A 19-year-old woman was so intoxicated at the Raggamuffin festival she needed hospital treatment.

Rotorua St John Ambulance treated 79 people on Saturday, but only five were due to alcohol.

St John Lakes area territorial manager, Hilary MorrishAllen, said the woman could not be roused by her friends.

"We normally treat people on site for intoxication and they would start to recover between 45 minutes and one hour in general," Mrs MorrishAllen said.

"We kept her on site for an hour and a half and there was no improvement.

"By that stage we can't rule out something else going on so we transported her to hospital."

She said there were five taken to hospital altogether, including one for a fracture.

Of the 79 patients there were a variety of complaints, including blisters, cuts and headaches.

"It was very successful, a very easy crowd for an event of that nature," Mrs MorrishAllen said.

Rotorua police Senior Sergeant Brendon Keenan, who led the police operation at Raggamuffin, said there were three arrests made on Saturday at the event.