Police are searching for the driver of a car from which a body has been pulled after it crashed into a hydroelectric canal in Canterbury early this morning.
The body of one person has been recovered by police from a car that crashed into the Rangitata Diversion Race near Methven early this morning.
Emergency services received a report of a car that went into the canal off Pudding Hill Road shortly after 1am.
Search and Rescue staff recovered the car from the water earlier today.