A child is in a critical condition in Wellington Hospital after being found injured at a Hastings home.
Police said they were called to an address in the suburb of Flaxmere late on Wednesday night and found the child with critical injuries.
The child was taken to Hawke's Bay Hospital initially but transferred to Wellington Hospital yesterday morning.
A Capital and Coast District Health Board spokesman said the child was being treated in the intensive care unit and remained gravely ill.
Police said they were investigating how the child was injured.