Source: New Zealand Police
Police can now release the name of the person who died following a crash in Waimangu on Tuesday 11 August.
She was 39-year-old Clara Joan Apiata, of Whakatane.
Our thoughts are with her loved ones at this difficult time.
Enquiries remain ongoing into the circumstances of the crash.
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Issued by Police Media Centre
Original source: https://nz.mil-osi.com/2026/08/17/name-release-fatal-crash-waimangu/