Police can now release the name of the man killed in a crash in Central Hawke's Bay on December 24.
He was 65-year-old Harry Nepe-Apatu, of Waipukurau.
Mr Nepe-Apatu was the passenger in a vehicle which went down a bank on Pourere Road around 5:30am on Christmas Eve.
Police's thoughts are with his family.
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Issued by the Police Media Centre