A 19-year-old man was critically injured in what is thought to be a hit-and-run incident in Paengaroa last night.
The incident occurred on Te Tumu Rd, police said.
St John spokeswoman Victoria Hawkins said three ambulances attended just after 9.30pm on Saturday.
"It does appear he was hit by a car," she said.
"We had a couple of callers calling in. One said he had been hit by a car and another one said they had just come across him lying unconscious on the road."