Police can now release the names of the two people who died following a glider crash on Mt Tauhara on Sunday.
They were Anthony Frederick Hector Budd, 78, of Taupō and Kusum Pasha (nee Chandrappa), 41, of Wellington, police said in a statement.
Their deaths have been referred to the Coroner.
The circumstances of the crash are being investigated by the Transport Accident Investigation Commission, the statement said.
