The cyclist who died following a collision with a truck in Napier on Friday evening was Benjamin Den Ouden, 30, from Napier.
The son of Bob Stansbury and Esther Den Ouden, he died following a collision with a truck on Georges Drive, between Kennedy Rd and Thistle St, shortly before 6pm.
Born in Whangarei, Mr Den Ouden completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in Cultural Studies and Philosophy at Victoria University in Wellington.
After living in India and studying music in the United Kingdom he joined a Hindu Monastic community before undertaking religious studies in the Netherlands where he was a Research Master student at the University of Groningen's Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture in Asia.
Mr Den Ouden's uncle Mike Stansbury said he was "the sort of nephew you would be quite happy to have".