A person has been hospitalised with serious injuries following an assault in South Auckland early on Thursday morning.

Emergency services were called to a property on Sunland Drive in Manurewa at about 5.35am after receiving a report that someone had been hurt.

Counties Manukau CIB Detective Inspector Karen Bright said officers located one person at the scene with serious injuries.

Hato Hone St John, which was notified of the incident at 5.37am, sent an ambulance, a rapid response unit, and an operations manager to the property.

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