UPDATED 7.11pm: AÂ man's being air-lifted to Whangarei Hospital in a critical condition after he became pinned under his truck.
Police responded to the call just before half past four in the town of Te Kopuru, south of Dargaville.
Paramedics had to stabilise the man so fire crews could free him from under the back wheel of his utility truck.
Northland Electricity Rescue Helicopter pilot Peter Davies says the man's conscious but it's not yet known how he came to be under the truck.
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