Police can now release the names of the two people who died following the crash between a motorcycle and a truck on State Highway 5, Te Pohue, Hastings on Friday 6 December.
They were 40-year-old Nathaniel Olson, and Mere Paranihi, 29, both of Hastings.
Both Nathaniel and Mere were travelling on the motorcycle.
Investigations into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
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Issued by Police Media Centre