A woman was charged with drink-driving and reckless driving after the death of a man who was car-surfing in Napier.
Napier father Reif Cotter, 33, died on the night of December 27 after falling from a mattress on top of a car travelling in Nuffield Ave, Marewa.
Police said on Tuesday they had charged a 23-year-old woman with driving with excess breath alcohol and reckless driving causing death.
The woman was arrested in Hastings on Monday.
鈥淧olice are not seeking anyone else in relation to this incident,鈥 a police statement says.
She is due to appear in the Napier District Court on February 20.
Cotter played for Eskview and Districts Rugby Football Club and was remembered fondly by family and friends as a 鈥渢op bloke, great rugby player and family man鈥.
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