Police can name the man that died in a two-vehicle crash on State Highway 1 on Sunday 8 March.
He was Stephen Packard, aged 59, from Auckland.
Our thoughts are with the friends and family of Stephen at this difficult time.
Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the crash.
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