Police can now release the name of the person who died following a two-vehicle crash on Takitimu Drive on August 7.

She was 51-year-old Joanna Teresa McMillan, from Gisborne.

"Our thoughts and sympathies are with her family and friends at this difficult time," says a police spokesperson in a statement overnight.

At the time of the crash, police said they were notified of the two-vehicle crash at about 7.30pm.

Fire brigades from Tauranga and Greerton responded to the scene.

The road was closed for several hours and re-opened in the early hours of August 8.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.