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Name Release: Fatal Crash, Oparau

Friday, 9 May 2025, 12:38 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Police

Police are now able to release the name of the man who died following a crash in Oparau on 30 March.

He was 64-year-old Brian Leslie Withers, of Otorohanga.

Our thoughts are with his family and friends at this difficult time.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are ongoing.

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