The pilot of a light plane that crashed and burned in Taranaki this morning has died.
Fire and Emergency NZ extinguished the fire after the plane crash in Stratford around 11:45am.
Police also sent four units to what it called a "microlight incident" in Stratford.
Flint Road was closed for a time while emergency services attended the scene but has now reopened.
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