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A New Zealander who had almost finished building his "family dream home" has been killed in a cycling accident in Fiji.
Lloyd Reginald Hockly, 49, was cycling on the luxury resort of Denarau Island, where he was building a house with his twin brother, when a woman parked
on the side of the road opened her car door and hit him.
Mr Hockly was knocked down and taken to Lautoka Hospital and subsequently flown to the Colonial War Memorial Hospital in Suva, where he died hours later.
His wife, Andrea Hockly, 44, told the Herald last night that the accident happened about 9am on Tuesday.
Her husband had been spending about four weeks on the island building then four at their Tauranga home.
She said the couple's children, Sam, 17, and Jessica, 14, were "coping with the situation as well as they could".
"They've just lost their dad so they're understandably upset."
Mr Hockly, who owns Lloyd Construction, first went to Denarau three years ago to help a friend build a house.
"He absolutely fell in love with the place," Mrs Hockly said.
The couple then bought land in a new subdivision called The Links.
Connected to the mainland by a small causeway, Denarau - considered Fiji's fastest-growing resort - is about 10 minutes from Nadi.
Mr Hockly built one house on the land and sold it. He had almost finished building the second house before the accident.
His twin, Evan, was helping him but was not with him when the accident happened. The pair had been living at the Nomads Skylodge Resort in the Nadi suburb of Namaka.
Mrs Hockly said when the house was completed the family were to live in it for six months and Tauranga the other six months, but she was unsure what they would do now.
She said she had been to Fiji and seen the, four-bedroom, single-storeyed house and it was "lovely".
The couple were due to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in September.
"[Lloyd] was a very bubbly person, well respected in his industry. He would do anything for you if you needed help. He was just so kind and caring."
The couple have lived in Tauranga for about seven years after living in Taupo for 18 years.
Mrs Hockly is not sure where exactly the accident happened or if anyone has been charged in connection with it, but Nadi and Suva police told her they were investigating.
"I don't want to know right now."
She hopes to go to Fiji in a week.
She said Evan Hockly was arranging for his brother's body to be returned to New Zealand.
