A man is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court today, facing a number of serious charges.

He was taken into custody following a serious incident in Waikato on Friday afternoon.

At around 12.30pm on Friday, Police were notified of a person escaping custody and assaulting two Corrections Officers outside Waikato Hospital, said Detective Inspector Darrell Harpur.

"The alleged offender has then reportedly carjacked a vehicle in the hospital carpark and fled the scene," said Harpur.

Police made area enquiries to locate the man in the stolen vehicle, before it was sighted by the Eagle helicopter in Te Awamutu at around 3.25pm.

The Eagle Helicopter tracked the vehicle until Police staff on the ground located it, and was successfully spiked on Cambridge Road, Leamington around 3.40pm.

The vehicle then came to a stop just off Cambridge Road approximately five minutes later, where the offender was taken into custody.

The 25-year-old man is due to appear in the Hamilton District Court today, facing a number of serious charges.

"This was a rapidly evolving incident, and I would like to commend staff who swiftly formulated and executed a plan to locate and arrest the man involved before further people were brought in harm’s way," Harpur said.