Fundraising efforts to bring home the body of a former Rotorua man have been cut short after a decision was made to instead cremate him.
The family of Jason Kahukiwa, 20, started a GoFundMe fundraising campaign to raise the $15,000 to bring his body home after his sudden death.
Mr Kahukiwa was killed on a train track in Melbourne last Thursday alongside friend Callum Hall, who was trying to rescue him.
On Tuesday Kylie Kahukiwa, Mr Kahukiwa's sister, posted on the GoFundMe page - which had reached $8405 thanks to donations from more than 170 people - they would no longer be asking for donations. She wrote:
"From the bottom of our hearts we cannot thank you enough for your love, support, messages, phone calls and your koha (donations) to get our boy home.