A woman was airlifted to hospital in the early hours of this morning after an accident in Porangahau.
The Lowe Corporation Rescue Helicopter was called to a Porangahau address at about 1.30am.
A helicopter spokesperson said a female in her 40s was taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital with a serious fracture to her ankle after hurting it somehow at her home.
A St John spokesperson said a helicopter was sent to transfer a patient in a moderate condition with an ankle injury after some sort of accident.