Shocking footage of a driver repeatedly crossing the centre line on the country's highest main road has been posted online.
The dashcam footage was shot on the Crown Range, the mountain route between Queenstown and Wanaka, in late January and uploaded to Facebook by
freelance photographer Damon Forde.
In one minute and 30 seconds of terrifying footage, the small blue vehicle crosses the centre line multiple times during its descent from the range, including on blind corners.
Twice the driver meets vehicles travelling in the opposite direction, but even then does not completely return to the correct side of the road.
"Should overseas tourists be allowed to hire rental cars in New Zealand?" Forde writes under the video.