Pilot, passenger killed in Paekākāriki Hill helicopter crash were pest control contractors

📅 January 28, 2026 08:36 PM ⏱️ 1 min read 🕐 Scraped: January 29, 2026

Summary: The pilot and passenger, whose bodies have been recovered, were working on Transmission Gully.

Photo: RNZ/Samuel Rillstone

Two people who died in a helicopter crash near Wellington were pest control contractors working on Transmission Gully.

Both thepilot and a passenger died in the crash near Paekākāriki Hill on Wednesday morning.

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