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Police have named the two people that died after a crash near Rotorua earlier this month.
They were Gisborne man Saul Rerekura, 42, and Rotorua woman Taukirangi Hewitt, 32.
Emergency services were called to the two-vehicle crash on State Highway 30 at Tikitere early on January 15.
Policeare investigating the crash and seeking CCTV or dashcam footage of a green Honda Spike, registration HBS903, between Fenton St in Rotorua and Curtis Rd/SH30 Tikitere, between 2am and 4.20am on January 15.
Anyone with information was asked to make a report online at 105.police.govt.nz by clicking “update report”, or by calling 105, using the reference number 260115/4480.
Information could also be provided anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
