Emergency services are responding to the death of a student at a primary school in Tokomaru Bay.
A St John spokeswoman said they had been called to Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Tokomaru at 11.07 this morning.
Stuff is reporting that a 12-year-old boy has died of a suspected cardiac arrest.
St John said two ambulances were sent, as well as a helicopter. Fire and Emergency NZ also attended.
A woman at the school said the family were at the school grieving and she did not wish to comment.