Victim’s partner in coma

A Levin woman killed in a car crash is remembered as a caring person with a big heart. Wendy Kauwhata, 54, died in a crash on State Highway 1 in O¯ hau, south of Levin, just before 5pm on Tuesday. Her partner Colin Kauwhata was injured in the crash and is in Wellington Hospital in an induced coma. Colin Kauwhata suffered broken ribs, a broken sternum and back and has brain swelling. A 15-year-old boy who was also in the car was a foster child of the Kauwhata family and Tepihi Kauwhata, a son of the dead woman, said he was like a little brother to him. The boy has had surgery for two broken femurs.