Police say an attack by a man on a 15-year-old girl may have been sexually motivated.
The girl was attacked in Rotorua's Kuirau Park about 7.40pm Sunday, according to police who are now hunting the man responsible.
They are keen to speak to anyone who was in the area at the time, particularly the occupants of a blue van who were believed to have been using the foot pools in the park.
Police also want to talk to the occupants of a green long-wheel-base vehicle with a spare tyre attached to the boot.
They are interested in a Caucasian man in his 40s, who was wearing a grey beanie and glasses, and who may have been involved in the attack.