Police have released the names of the two people involved in yesterday's gliding accident near Omarama.
The man who died in the crash was 54-year-old Ichiro Murai of Japan.
Mr Murai was a keen glider pilot who was visiting New Zealand.
The other man involved in the crash, 68-year-old Lemuel Edward Norman Tanner, of England, is in a serious but stable condition in Dunedin Hospital.
Sergeant Tony Woodbridge said both men were experienced glider pilots.
The CAA is investigating the cause of the crash today.
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