A man whose driving in an illegal street race contributed to the deaths of four people has been sentenced to 12 months' home detention.
Dylan Cossey (21) was also ordered to complete 400 hours' community service and was disqualified from driving for seven years.
Cossey was found guilty of manslaughter in February for his part in the crash.
Stephen John Jones - Cossey's passenger who was filming at the time of the crash on the outskirts of Hamilton - was found not guilty of manslaughter after the week-long trial in the High Court at Hamilton.
Both men, aged 20, were found guilty of failing to stop and Jones of attempting to pervert the course of justice after he later edited incriminating video he took just moments before the crash. Jones will be sentenced at a later date.
Hamilton woman Hannah Leis Strickett-Craze (24), Paul De Silva (20), Lance Robinson (28), both of Te Awamutu, and Jason McCormick Ross (19), of Stratford, died in the crash, an illegal street race. A van driver who was seriously injured has name suppression.
Strickett-Craze's mother Erica Strickett-Fraser told the court the loss of her youngest daughter was unbearable.
She said her daughter, who was about to set up her own business, had dreams and goals for herself and her young son that she would now never accomplish.
"My beautiful daughter will never be the blushing bride. She will never get to walk down the aisle. Her sister will never be her bridesmaid.
"She will never get to see her son grow up. The sense of loss is unbearable. We are heartbroken and will always remain so."
Her father, Paul Craze, said he found out his beloved daughter had died when he read the news online on the Monday morning.
"When it was confirmed my world all but died around me."
He was scathing of Cossey and Jones for fleeing the scene, calling them cowards and said he could understand if they panicked but their actions afterwards could not be forgiven.
Craze said they had shown no remorse, had never apologised, tried to hide incriminating evidence, and colluded and lied over their involvement.
The mother of Lance Robinson, who died when he overtook Cossey at 150km/h before losing control and crashing, said the loss of her only child had broken her.
Phobia Howarth said Robinson was the reason her life was previously so wonderful.
"For me the sun rose when he smiled and nothing was as amazing as his love.
"Lance was a 28-year-old man but he was still a loving, present and attentive son."
Now she suffered a "bone-deep loneliness" and isolation and her family was listless without Robinson.
Howarth said if Robinson survived he would have owned his "mistake" and accepted responsibility for his actions.
She told Cossey it terrified and saddened her that his actions demonstrated a lack of disregard for the law and for the lives of the deceased.
"I worry for your future. Your actions have hurt so many."
She asked Hinton to give a fair and just sentence and she hoped the impact of a sentence would awaken Cossey and Jones to their offending.
Howarth also urged Cossey to make the most of the rest of his life and cherish the mother-son bond he still has with his own mother, something Howarth has now lost forever.
Robinson's stepfather Rob Howarth said his mate would be ashamed of the grief he had caused.
The crash happened on Ohaupo Rd, at the intersection of Ingram Rd, outside Hamilton Airport, on June 24, 2016, when Robinson lost control of his northbound Nissan Skyline and collided with the southbound van.
Robinson had been overtaking Cossey's Honda Integra when he hit the oncoming van about 10pm that Friday night.
The two groups did not know other but began racing as they drove north outside of Te Awamutu.
Witnesses estimated the two cars going at speeds in excess of 150kmh when Robinson's Skyline fish-tailed as he tried to pass Cossey, before smashing into the oncoming Toyota Hi-Ace van.
Strickett-Craze was a mother to a young son, Levi, and De Silva was also a father to little boy, Cosmo, with Narissa Ryan.
