Taradale man Te Wanehi Wakefield was killed when his bike collided with a truck on State Highway 1 at Atiamuri. Photo / File
A truck driver will be tried for causing the death of a motorcyclist near Rotorua as well as several charges relating to breaching driving conditions.
Daniel William Raukawa Tauvaka, 41, a heavy truck/tanker driver from Auckland, appeared in the High Court at Rotorua on Wednesday, having previously pleaded not guilty
to five charges.
The charges relate to a crash in January last year where motorcyclist Te Wanehi Wakefield, 56, from Taradale, was killed when his bike collided with Tauvaka's truck on State Highway 1 at Atiamuri.
Tauvaka is charged with manslaughter and an alternative charge of dangerous driving causing death.
He also faces four Land Transport Act charges including making a false statement in a logbook, failing to have 10 hours' rest and failing to deliver his logbook to his employer.
