Name Release: Fatal Crash, Te Poi

Friday, 9 May 2025, 12:12 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police can now release the name of the man who died following a crash in Te Poi on 28 January.

He was 62-year-old Simon Munday of Rotorua.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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