Three ambulances were sent to Papamoa Beach just after 12.30am.

Paramedics treated three people and took two of them to Tauranga Hospital.

St John is referring media to police for more details.

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06 Dec: A new DOC trial hopes to manage increasing deer numbers in a remote part of Waikato

04 Dec: Police are asking people to come forward with information on a 44-year-old Waikato man, last seen three weeks ago

01 Dec: Police have named a man killed in an altercation in New Plymouth last month - as 68-year-old Martin James Mooney

30 Nov: A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for parts of Kaipara, Auckland City, Waikato, Waitakere, Franklin, Rodney and Albany areas

30 Nov: A man's been arrested after a gun shot was allegedly let off yesterday, near a popular Thames swimming hole

28 Nov: State Highway 36 Pyes Pa Road near Tauranga is blocked, after a car collided with a power pole

26 Nov: A person has died after a two-truck crash on Waikato's State Highway Two near Maramarua about 11.30 this morning

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