A teenage girl is in a serious condition at a Wellington hospital after falling from her horse and being kicked.
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter was called at 10.30am yesterday to a girl who had sustained head injuries after coming off the horse near Takapau, in Central Hawke's Bay.
Hawke's Bay Today understands the horse kicked her in the head as she fell.
The girl was attended to at the scene by an intensive care paramedic from Medics on Scene before she was flown to Hawke's Bay Hospital for further treatment.
Medics on Scene is a new event medical services provider for Hawke's Bay.