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Rohaan Thomas (Photo/Supplied)
Police can now release the name of the person who died in a crash on South Road, Mokoia on Sunday 5 January.
He was 20-year-old Rohaan Thomas, from Palmerston North.
Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.
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