Stuff understands the helicopter was owned by Andrew Hamish Davidson, of Kaiapoi.
Davidson, who according to his LinkedIn profile was the general manager at Enatel Motive Power, incorporated helicopter charter company Glenloch Helicopters Ltd on September 28.
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A helicopter has crashed north of Kaikōura, leaving two people dead and three injured.
Kekerengu resident Ian Mehrtens said that when he first spotted the helicopter from his lodge, it looked like it was coming in to land.
“It all happened so quick ... It looked normal and then it just started to spiral,” he said.
“It just got out of control so quickly.”