Police have released the name of a woman killed in a crash in the Bay of Plenty.

Emergency services were called to the crash on Galatea Road, near Lake Matahina, just after midnight on Monday.

Police have identified the crash victim as 38-year-old Rita Ataahua Peka, from Te Teko.

"Police extend their sympathies to her family at this difficult time.

"The Serious Crash Unit continues to investigate the cause of the crash."