{
  "id": 10602076,
  "title": "Heli company loses million dollar choppers for role in illegal crayfish trips",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/29/heli-company-loses-million-dollar-choppers-for-role-in-illegal",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-09-29T03:38:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RNZ Business",
    "slug": "rnz-business",
    "url": "https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/crime-and-justice/1651942/heli-company-loses-million-dollar-choppers-for-role-in-illegal-crayfish-trips"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Helicopter Line has been sentenced for its role in a scheme to fly guests from a luxury Queenstown hotel to Fiordland to watch a diver collect crayfish that could be served at the hotel for an extra cost.",
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  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}