Paekakariki crash - update

Monday, 24 October 2016, 9:19 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

"Paekakariki crash - update"

A woman critically injured in a crash near Paekakariki yesterday has died in Wellington Hospital overnight.

She was Te Rauoriwa Daphne Pomare, 79, from Levin.

The circumstances of the crash are still under investigation and no further information is available at this stage.

ENDS

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