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Coroner calls deaths of friends on way to festival avoidable tragedy

NZ HeraldRNZOtago Daily TimesThursday 18 September 2025 · 3 outlets · 3 reports · updated
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Jardon Te Hau and Waylon Uatuku were killed by a car on Back Ormond Road on New Year's Eve, 2022. The pair were travelling to the Rhythm & Vines festival in Gisborne when a fight broke out. A coroner has described the incident as an avoidable tragedy.

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First reported by NZ Herald, Thu 18 Sep 2025, 7:00am · 3 reports from 3 outlets over 5 hours
  1. NZ HeraldNZ Herald

    Coroner: Deaths of friends on way to Rhythm & Vines an ‘avoidable tragedy’ (opens in new tab)

  2. RNZRNZ

    Deaths of friends on way to Rhythm and Vines an ‘avoidable tragedy’ (opens in new tab)

  3. Otago Daily TimesOtago Daily Times

    Friends fighting on dark road killed by car in 'avoidable tragedy' (opens in new tab)