Last Friday (November 8) police facilitated a blessing of the Crown Range site where one person was killed and several others injured, Wānaka Police Senior Sergeant Fiona (Fi) Roberts said.

Fi said family of the deceased, Joyce Fesico, attended the blessing.

The two-vehicle crash between a car and a van that led to Joyce’s death occurred on the alpine road on November 3.

On Tuesday (November 12), Hamilton woman Anneli De Los Santos was charged with careless driving causing death in Hamilton District Court.

Read more: Woman charged over Crown Range Road death

Fi said “seatbelts, cell phones and speed remain a theme” in road policing.

On Sunday (November 10) a Wānaka road policing unit issued 14 infringement notices for RIDS (Restraints, Impairment, Distractions and Speed) related offences.

“Driving complaints continue in the Cardrona Valley, Lindis Pass [and] Tarras,” Fi said.

Other incidents over the past week include the arrest of a 31-year-old woman for assault on a person in a family relationship.

“She will appear in court next week,” Fi said.

There have also been a couple of burglaries in the Wānaka CBD, Fi said.

“In the early morning of 9 November, a liquor store was entered, [and] nothing taken.”

“In the early hours of Sunday 10 November it appears that two males attempted to break into a central Wānaka licenced premises.” 

Police are investigating both incidents, Fi said.

Tools were also taken from an address in central Wānaka and tradies are advised to secure their tools.

Wānaka staff assisted Haast with the State of Emergency on Saturday November 9.

Call 111 when you need an emergency response from police, fire or ambulance.

Call 105 to report things that don’t need urgent police assistance.

Call *555 to report road incidents that are urgent but not life-threatening.

To make an anonymous crime report contact Crime Stoppers.

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