A child has been injured in an incident at a block of units in a central Auckland suburb early this morning.

Police confirmed they were called to an address in Carrington Rd, in Mt Albert, at 1.18am after a request for assistance from St John ambulance staff.

“A child at the address has been transported to hospital by St John,” a police spokesman confirmed.

The circumstances of the incident are not yet clear, however, and police have referred all further queries about the child’s condition to the hospital.

A witness said several police officers, including several detectives, were seen taking statements from residents at the scene about 2.30am.

Police officers outside an accommodation block on Carrington Rd in Mt Albert, Auckland. Photo / Hayden Woodward

It is understood ambulance staff were also called to the block, which is located just to the back of the Unitec tertiary institution grounds.

Officers were also seen inside the stairwell of the accommodation block.