Police are investigating the death of a woman at Mount Hutt ski field in Canterbury this afternoon.
St John ambulance was called to the ski area about 3.15pm after a woman, whom One News reported was aged 56, was seriously injured in a fall.
She was flown to Christchurch Hospital where she later died.
One News reported the woman fell 700m over rocks and ice just outside the skifield boundaries.
- NZ Herald staff and NZPA
Woman dies in skiing accident
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