Name Release: Fatal Crash, Culverden

Thursday, 24 April 2025, 3:33 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police can now name the person who died following a crash in Culverden on 15 April.

He was 73-year-old Linton Charrington Gardiner, from Waiau, Hurunui.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash remain ongoing.

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