Man gored by pig 

A man was seriously injured today when he was gored by a boar while pig hunting in the Waikato.

The Whatawhata man was hunting with a friend on a rural property inland from Kawhia, 50km north-west of Otorohanga, shortly before 4pm when their dogs bailed a large boar.

While killing the pig, the 36-year-old man received a deep gash to his left forearm from its tusks.

His friend assisted, and applied a tourniquet to the wound before the pair returned to a farmhouse and called for help.

The man was flown to Waikato Hospital by the Westpac Waikato Air Ambulance after being treated by paramedics at the scene.

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