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A Cessna 172 at Ardmore Airport, Auckland; this is not the aircraft involved. Police have named an Alexandra man and a Belgian national as the two people killed when a Cessna 172P crashed near Nelson on 3 November. File photo. Photo: Biponacci / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Southland

Alexandra flying instructor Nicholas Taylor, 67, named as one of two men killed in Nelson plane crash

Police have named Nicholas Charles Taylor, 67, of Alexandra, and Belgian national Alain Henri Copine, 76, as the two men who died when a Cessna crashed in the Bryant Range near Nelson on 3 November.

6 days ago

Bluff's Island Harbour, now operated by South Port, in a 1966 publicity photograph. Photo: Hazeldine Studios, Archives New Zealand / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0

Business

TAIC blames fatigue and skipped checks for boiler blast that burned 2 crew at Bluff

The Transport Accident Investigation Commission has found crew on the bulk carrier Olivia cleaned a boiler that had not cooled, after a month of round-the-clock repairs at South Port.

1 Nov 2026