10-year-old boy in critical condition after accident on farm

St Johns arrived at the scene around 10.50 am. Photo / Bevan Conley

A 10-year-old boy was flown to Starship Hospital in Auckland in a critical condition after an accident on a Kaitoke farm.

St Johns were called to the scene at 10:50am on Saturday morning and the boy was taken to Whanganui Hospital, a St Johns spokeswoman said.

He was flown to Auckland on Saturday night by a fixed-wing plane.

He remained in critical condition when he left Whanganui.