16 Dec 2020

Investigators begin work at Kekerengu helicopter crash site

From Midday Report, 12:14 pm on 16 December 2020

Transport accident investigators are now at the scene of yesterday's fatal helicopter crash north of Kaikoura, where the site remains under guard.

Kaikoura helicopter crash wreckage.

Photo: RNZ / Tracy Neal

The crash killed what we understand to be the pilot of the helicopter and his wife, with the three children who were on board now being treated for injuries at Wellington Hospital.

RNZ's Nelson-Marlborough reporter, Tracy Neal spoke to Māni Dunlop from the crash site at Kekerengu.