Update, 1pm: A paraglider who plunged into the side of Mauao at Mount Maunganui has been rescued and is being treated for non life threatening injuries.

Emergency services were responding to the incident on Saturday, treating it as a rescue event.

A rescue helicopter was seen hovering on the northern flank, near the bushland face of the mountain, where a figure could also be seen amidst the brush manoeuvring the large wing.

'I was just walking past and saw the helicopter,” says local resident Sam Bayly.

It appeared the paraglider had jumped off the peak of the mountain before falling and becoming tangled in the bushland below, says Sam.

'It's on the eastern side of the mountain, pretty much near the top.

'The helicopter hung out there for a little while, but the paraglider and the chute have disappeared, so I think he must have pulled it in.”

The paraglider was brought down in a surf club vehicle and received medical attention.

'It appears that this incident has now been resolved, with one person retrieved and being assessed for injuries by ambulance,” says a police spokesperson.

'We understand that their injuries are not life-threatening.”

A figure amidst the brush manoeuvring the large wing. Photo: Supplied.

Police were at the scene shortly before 11am and had been 'keeping an eye” on the unfolding incident.

Ambulance staff had been seen waiting at the bottom of the mountain, says Sam.

Fire and Emergency (FENZ) had also attended the scene, but had since left.

Additional reporting: Stuff/ Te Aorewa Rolleston

The paraglider incident happened on the northern flank of Mauao. Video: Sam Bayly. Photo: Supplied.

Earlier, 11.23am: SunLive readers are reporting emergency services are responding to an incident on Mauao at Mount Maunganui.

"It appears a person has fallen from a height," says a police spokesperson.

Sirens and a helicopter can be heard, with a helicopter which has flown to and hovered near the northern flank of Mauao. After a few minutes it has moved away from Mauao towards Moturiki.

A Mount Maunganui resident has been watching as the rescue helicopter flies overhead.

"The rescue helicopter has done a couple of circles around over Mount Maunganui and it's now landed along near Leisure Island [Moturiki}."

SunLive will update this once more information becomes available.

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