This follows the recent charging of a female passenger in the same vehicle, who faces counts of being a party to dangerous driving causing death, four charges of being party to dangerous driving causing injury and attempting to pervert the course of justice.
The woman previously charged is accused of trying to hide a nang canister from police after the crash.
She appeared in the Rotorua District Court before a registrar on April 30 and was granted interim name suppression.
Charging documents supplied to the Rotorua Daily Post showed the latter charge alleged the woman wilfully attempted to obstruct the course of justice on the day of the crash by removing a canister of nitrous oxide gas, colloquially known as a nang, from a silver Toyota Lexus that was involved in a fatal and serious injury crash.
The November 6 crash
The crash happened on Te Ngae Rd at about 9.20pm.
The bus was carrying children from Gisborne’s Kaiti School after the Te Mana Kuratahi national primary schools kapa haka event in Tauranga.
Three students were taken to hospital but were soon discharged.
Another 26 people were assessed for minor injuries and did not require transport, a St John spokesperson said at the time of the crash.
