A Northland man has been arrested for allegedly stealing from an ambulance while medics were at his house saving a family member's life.
Mid North Senior Sergeant Brian Swann said St John Ambulance was called to a medical emergency on Pembroke St in Moerewa just after midnight on Thursday.
Ambulance staff were giving potentially life-saving treatment to a patient suffering a seizure when a man at the address entered the ambulance and allegedly helped himself to an iPad.
Medics called police when they discovered the iPad worth $1100 was missing.
An 18-year-old man was arrested and charged with theft. He appeared in the Kaikohe District Court later that day and was released on bail. He is due back in court on June 13.