Emergency services at the Olive Tree Motel in Browns Bay. Photo / Hayden Woodward
Images from the scene show eight police officers on the sloped driveway leading to the motel, which was completely cordoned off.
A Herald photographer at the scene on Glencoe Rd said two Auckland Council animal management vehicles were also present.
Two dogs, understood to belong to the injured person, were removed from a unit to be cared for elsewhere.
The person was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a critical condition. Photo / Hayden Woodward
The motel manager, who did not want to be named, said he did not know the specifics of the incident but emergency services had earlier blocked access to the room where it happened.
He reassured the community that police were taking care of the incident.
Fire and Emergency New Zealand assisted St John with two fire trucks, but said the incident was an “ambulance event”.