A Taranaki farming couple have been taken to hospital after accidentally inhaling a harmful mixture of chemicals.
Photo: RNZ / Cole Eastham-Farrelly
St John ambulance was called to a property on Mangawhero Road, near Riverlea in South Taranaki, just before 8.30am.
A man mixed two chemicals together and inhaled the gas, and his wife also inhaled the gas while trying to help him.
A Taranaki Base Hospital spokesperson said the man was in a serious condition and the woman is in a moderate condition.