An Air Nelson de Havilland Dash 8-300 on behalf of Air New Zealand, registration ZK-NEZ performing flight NZ-8159 from Wellington to Nelson (New Zealand) with 26 passengers and 3 crew, landed at Nelson, slowed to taxi speed and was about to vacate the runway when a hydraulic leak in the cockpit area caused smoke to fill the forward section of the aircraft. The flight crew stopped the aircraft and initiated an evacuation. There were no injuries.
The airline reported the aircraft was vacating the runway taxiing towards the terminal when haze was detected in the cabin. Passengers and crew were evacuated as a precaution.
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