A boy has serious facial injuries after being bitten by a dog in Hawke's Bay.
The five-year-old was flown by helicopter on Wednesday from Wairoa Hospital to Hawke's Bay Airport where he was transferred to a plane to be flown to Hutt Hospital for further treatment.
The boy is now in a stable condition, a Hutt Hospital spokesman says.
The Wairoa Council has impounded the dog and will be investigating the incident, a spokesman says.
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