A woman has been rescued from the Waikato River after she fell in trying to get her dog out.
The 52-year-old Hamilton woman had clambered onto a rocky outcrop on the river's edge where a police rescue boat came to her aid about 1.10pm.
She had been walking her dog near a Malcolm St river path in Hillcrest when the dog fell in the water, Senior Sergeant Pete van de Wetering of the Waikato District Command Centre said.
"She went to help get her dog out of the water and then she herself fell in."
The woman screamed for help and the alarm was raised about 12.40pm.