The "face and voice" of one of Akaroa's harbour cruises will be "dearly missed", his boss says.
Julian Bruins Yates, 52, a skipper for Black Cat Cruises, died on Friday in a three-vehicle crash on Weka Pass Rd in Hurunui.
On Friday the police said the crash involved three vehicles.
"Julian was a colourful character, he had been a part of the Black Cat team for ten years," Black Cat Cruises chief executive, Paul Milligan, told the Herald.
Milligan said he found out what happened on Friday, and his team was devastated.