A 17-year-old had to be airlifted to Tauranga Hospital overnight after suffering a leg injury while tramping with a scout group.

The Tauranga-based Trustpower TECT Rescue Helicopter was dispatched to the Kaimai Range, near the settlement of Te Poi, about 6.30pm.

The Trustpwer TECT Rescue Helicopter was called to airlift an injured tramper to hospital. Photo: Supplied.

Pilot Todd Dunham says a 17-year-old girl from a scout group, had tripped on a tree root and badly injured her lower leg.

'A LandSAR team carried her to a place where the helicopter could land.

'St John paramedics stabilised her at the scene before being flown to Tauranga hospital for further treatment.” Todd says the helicopter was called due to the terrain and time to get her to hospital.