The two people killed in a fiery car crash near Waiouru on Monday were a man and woman from Ohakune.
Ryan David Campbell Thompson, 24, and Hereina Paul, 23, were in the car when it went over a bank about 10pm and caught fire, police say.
Mr Thompson was thedriver of the car, which crashed south of Waiouru.
Firefighters from Waiouru and Taihape attended the crash but were unable to rescue the occupants of the car, and St John paramedics found two people dead when they arrived at the scene at 10.35pm.
Police extend their sympathies to the families of the victims.
Ms Paul is believed to be the same woman facing sentence on charges relating to the Ohakune manhunt last year.
She had pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to attempted murder and helping Dolphy Kohu avoid arrest after shooting at police officers.
