A young child is in hospital fighting for its life after being found with critical injuries on Sunday morning.
Police are investigating after the child, understood to be an infant, was found in a bad way in the west Auckland suburb of Swanson shortly before 8am.
Both police and St John were called to the residential property in Swanson at around 7.54am.
A spokeswoman for St John said staff assessed, treated, and transported one patient with "critical injuries" to Auckland City Hospital.