The man who died after a crash on State Highway 1 in Taihape last week can be named.
He was 27-year-old Java Sinisa, of Mount Eden, Auckland.
Sinisa was riding a motorbike on Friday, October 20, when he collided with a car about 3.40pm.
He was critically injured in the crash and later died in hospital.
Inquiries into the circumstances of the crash are continuing.