A mother of five, who died after her car smashed through a fence in Burside has been named as Miriata Lee Houkamau.

The 34-year-old was driving along Grahams Road, between Cranbrook and Wayside avenues, when her car went through a residential fence about 10.50pm on Monday 27 April.

She was taken to hospital but later died of her injuries.

“Police’s thoughts are with her family,” a police spokesperson said.

Homeowner Chris Lyall told Chris Lynch Media he was asleep when the car tore through his fence and flattened a tree more than 40 years old.

Miriata Lee Houkamau naming follows a renewed police appeal to track down a man believed to be the last person to see her before emergency services arrived.

He was driving a white SUV and turned left onto Grahams Rd from Wairakei Rd.

He stopped briefly after the crash but left the scene before help arrived, police said.

Anyone with information can contact police on 105, online or by phone, quoting file number 260428/3012.