Source: New Zealand Police
Police can now name the two people who died in a plane crash near Castor Peak, Nelson on Tuesday 3 November.
They were 67-year-old Nicholas Charles Taylor of Wanaka, and 76-year-old Belgium national Alain Henri Copine.
Our thoughts are with the friends and family of those who died.
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Released by Police Media Centre
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/11/09/name-release-nelson-plane-crash/