Police have named the five-year-old boy who was killed while playing on a stack of logs in Motueka yesterday.
Glen Eric Takaro Temiha-Barlow was playing near a stack of newly-cut logs on Motueka High's rugby field when the incident happened about 5.45pm.
A group of children were playing on top
of the pile, stacked three to four logs high, when one became dislodged, said Acting Senior Sergeant Rob Crawford.
"They were playing on top of the logs and jumping up and down on them and we think their actions have caused the log to become loose and roll off the stack,'' Mr Crawford told Radio New Zealand.
The logs were cut on Wednesday night from some dangerous dead trees on the grounds and had been stacked for removal today.
