Interesting side note and worthy of consideration for all pilots. the medical officer for the town in which the emergency landing was made is saying the pilots made a huge error by landing there.
while I don't know much about New Zealand, I do appreciate that a pilot should take into account emergency response capability, including hospitals.
I imagine that the pilot intended to make a
belly landing rather than a
crash landing. I can't recall much experience with multiple injuries being involved with belly landings.