Police charged a woman with excess breath alcohol causing injury and death following the crash. Photo: RNZ / Richard Tindiller
A woman who died after being hit by a car in Lower Hutt's Naenae last week has been named by police.
She was local woman, 60-year-old Vanessa Ritihia Houpapa.
Emergency services were called to Cambridge Terrace at 11pm last Thursday where she died at the scene.
Police said they extended their condolences to her family and friends.
A 25-year-old woman was charged with excess breath alcohol causing injury and death, and would next appear in the Hutt Valley District Court on 29 April.
Health New Zealand have confirmed Houpapa was a health care worker.
A spokesperson said Houpapa was a health care assistant, and a longstanding member of the Hutt Valley team.
They said their condolences were with her family and friends, and they were supporting their staff.
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