The area where a helicopter crashed yesterday morning. Photo: RNZTwo people who died in a helicopter crash near Wellington were pest control contractors working on Transmission Gully. Both the pilot and passenger died in the crash near Paekākāriki Hill yesterday morning. The New Zealand Transport Agency this afternoon confirmed the duo were pest control contractors and WorkSafe had been notified. A witness had earlier told RNZ he understood the helicopter was involved in goat culling in the area.