Emergency services responded to a serious crash on SH29 in the lower Kaimai Range on December 28.
The two people who died following a crash between a car and a petrol tanker last week were Josephine Wilson, 28, and Piripi Chase, 31, police say.
Police published the names in a statement today following the crash on State Highway 29 in the lower Kaimai Range, west of the
summit shortly after midday on December 28.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash were ongoing.
Police previously said one person died after the crash and another flown to Waikato Hospital in critical condition died days later.
A third person – a child who was also in the car – had moderate injuries and was taken to Tauranga Hospital by St John ambulance staff.
