A man has been critically injured following a paragliding accident in Auckland's Manukau Heads this afternoon.
Police and a Westpac Rescue Helicopter were called to the scene just south of the Manukau Heads Lighthouse around 4.25pm, a police spokesperson told 1News.
"A rescue helicopter uplifted the paraglider prior to police arrival," they said.
The man was airlifted to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition, a spokesperson for the Auckland Rescue Helicopter Trust said.
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