WELLINGTON, Nov 21, 2015 (AFP) - A helicopter with seven people on board crashed at a popular New Zealand tourism site on Saturday, with authorities saying difficult conditions were hampering the search for any survivors.
Four rescue helicopters have been dispatched to the scene at Fox Glacier on the remote west coast of the South Island, a New Zealand Rescue Co-Ordination Centre spokesman said.
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