A person has died after a gliding crash near Omarama, south Canterbury on Monday afternoon.
A Gliding New Zealand spokesperson told 1News the accident occurred at 2.30pm just south of Omarama township.
They said the pilot of the single-seat glider has died. They were a New Zealand citizen but not a local of Omarama.
The Civil Aviation Authority were notified by the rescue coordination centre and are now waiting for further information from emergency services.
They said that a number of pilots spotted the incident and reported the glider inverted into the Mt Saint Cuthbert hillside.
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