Police have released the names of four people who died in a two-vehicle crash south of Rotorua last week.
Emergency services were alerted to the crash on State Highway 5 near Whakarewarewa at about 7.50pm on December 9.
The collision involved two cars carrying seven people, police said.
“Three people in one vehicle died, and their names were Amelia Rose Frost, 26, of Napier, Ruben James Frost, 18, of Napier, Tray-Dee Akuhata Wall, 20, of Rotorua.
“The fourth person who died was travelling in the second vehicle, was 50-year-old MaryJane Merehini Heke, of Rotorua.”
State Highway 5 was closed for two hours on December 10 so investigators could conduct further inquiries around the crash scene.
“Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing,” police said.
