Emergency services have been stood down after reports of a "small aircraft" crash in Whangamata - after it turned out to be a top dressing plane working in the area.
Police received the report at about 10.20am of the incident. Ambulances, a rapid response vehicle and two helicopters responded near Tairua Rd, Hikuai.
But Onemana Rural Fire chief Jo Adams confirmed there was no plane crash and a top dressing plane had been working in the area.
A police spokesperson also confirmed it was a top-dressing plane working in the area, "which is possibly what the person saw who reported it".
A motorist earlier told the Herald they saw an aircraft flying low and erratically through the hills, then saw a cloud of smoke.
