Police have taken a female youth into custody after one person was left seriously injured following a reported stabbing at a popular Mount Maunganui shopping centre this afternoon.
Emergency services were called to Bayfair Shopping Centre around 4.40pm following reports of an assault.
A police spokesperson said further action is being considered.
"However, police are not looking for anyone else in relation to the assault."
Hato Hone St John said it attended the incident with four vehicles.
One road ambulance, one rapid response unit and two operations managers responded, a spokesperson said.
"A patient was treated and transported to Tauranga Hospital in a serious condition."
A Woolworths spokesperson confirmed to 1News the incident took place within its Bayfair store.
"Our team are all safe."
One witness posted on social media that she had been locked down in a nearby salon due to a stabbing.
She said she could see police with "big guns" as well as ambulance staff.
"Omg locked in the salon due to big stabbing incident in Countdown next door in Bayfair Mall."
In her post, she added it was hard to believe an incident like this was happening in Mount Maunganui.
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