Police have released the name of the man who died in a crash between a milk tanker and a tractor on State Highway 5, Ngatira yesterday.
He was 55-year-old Brooke John Thomas, of Reporoa.
The investigation into the cause of the crash is ongoing.
A police spokeswoman said police were called to the crash, about 25km northwest of Rotorua, about 10.40am yesterday.
They later confirmed one person, the tractor driver, died in the crash.