Pilot, passenger dead after helicopter crash in Paekākāriki Hill

📅 January 27, 2026 08:36 PM ⏱️ 2 min read 🕐 Scraped: January 28, 2026

Summary: A man working near where the helicopter came down in the Paekākāriki Hill area said the wreckage was "unrecognisable".

Photo: RNZ/ Charlotte Cook

Police say two people have died in a helicopter crash near Wellington today.

Emergency services were called to a helicopter crash in the Paekākāriki Hill area, north of Wellington, by an automated crash alert at 7.30am.

Inspector Renée Perkins said both the pilot and sole passenger were found deceased following the crash.

She said police were working to re

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