28 Jul 2025

10-year-old killed in SH1 crash near Motutere

9:10 am on 28 July 2025
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File photo. The two-vehicle collision happened on State Highway 1 near Motutere. Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

Police have released the name of a 10-year-old who died in a crash near Motutere earlier this month.

Jax Tauroa-Wall died in the two-vehicle collision on the evening of 4 July.

Police were called to the crash on State Highway 1, and said despite the best efforts of staff the child died at the scene.

Enquiries into the circumstances of the crash are continuing, police said.