A paraglider has been seriously injured near Wanaka.
A police spokeswoman said Search and Rescue and St John responded to a crash involving a paraglider on Treble Cone skifield.
Police and St John responded just after 10am after reports a single paraglider had crashed.
The paraglider was believed to have back and leg injuries and was situated about 200m below the parachute landing site on a steep incline, she said.
A St John spokeman said an ambulance and Otago Regional Rescue Helicopter was deployed.
The paraglider, a man, aged in his 30s, was seriously injured and was flown to Dunedin Hospital emergency department.
