Wanganui artist Ross Mitchell-Anyon is in a serious condition after falling 12 metres while working on a sprinkler system in one of his buildings.
Mr Mitchell-Anyon was flown to Wellington Hospital early yesterday for treatment in the intensive care unit.
Wife Bobbi Mitchell-Anyon said her husband had sustained a "major head injury". He had been in critical condition earlier in the day.
"He's being ventilated at the moment ... we're just hoping that things will come right. We're just all wanting to surround him with lots of positivity and hope that he'll be back troubling everybody again."
Two ambulances and a fire unit rushed out to a building in Taupo Quay near the Victoria Ave intersection and the City Mission, on Tuesday just before 5pm, where Mr Mitchell-Anyon had fallen from scaffolding.