3 Feb 2024

Person critically injured following incident at Auckland apartment bulding

3:20 pm on 3 February 2024
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Photo: RNZ / Angus Dreaver

A person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition following an incident at a central Auckland hotel.

There was a heavy police presence outside the Quest Hotel on Queen Street on Saturday morning.

Police went to the scene after a report at 10.20am after reports a man had fallen from a balcony, they said in a statement.

St John said it transported one person in a critical condition to Auckland City Hospital's emergency department.

By Saturday afternoon, police said the man was "in a critical but stable condition".

"Police are trying to piece together the circumstances leading to the man falling."