8 Feb 2025

Motorcyclist dies in crash near Whanganui

8:26 pm on 8 February 2025
Unexplained death in Taita, Lower Hutt early on Sunday 26th January 2020.  A Police cordon and crime scene invetsigation tent were in place Monday 27th January 2020.  Police Emergency tape.

Photo: RNZ / Patrice Allen

A man has died in a crash between a ute and a motorbike near Whanganui.

Police said emergency services responded to the crash on Parihauhau Road near Whanganui around 1:40pm.

The motorcyclist was found deceased, and the occupants of the vehicle were not injured, police said.

The road has now reopened.

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