An 8-year-old girl suffered a head injury when she was hit by a falling branch while tramping with her family in the Rimutaka Forest Park this morning.
The Palmerston North Rescue Helicopter responded to a call to the park about 10am and airlifted the girl to Wellington Hospital.
The girl was part of a family party tramping in the Goat Hut area of the Orongorongo River when the accident happened.