The Chinese woman who crashed into a group of motorcyclists, killing a Tauranga man, had less than a month's driving experience before the fatal crash on November 26, 2012, an inquest has heard.

Tauranga Filthy Few Motorcycle Club member and Curiosity business owner Dennis Pedersen, 54, and South Canterbury Road Knight Grant Roberts, 43, died from injuries sustained when Kejia Zhang crashed into a group of 10 motorcyclists heading back from the Burt Munro challenge in Invercargill.

Hundreds gathered at the Filthy Few Motorcycle Club headquarters on Birch Ave to farewell their fallen brother on November 30, 2012.

An inquest into the men's deaths was held in Queenstown yesterday.

Coroner Richard McElrea heard evidence from Forensic crash analyst Senior Constable Alastair Crosland who said Zhang had little independent driving experience since gaining a licence in China, reports Fairfax Media.

Zhang hit gravel on the Lindis Pass on State Highway 8, over-corrected and crossed the centre line when the accident happened.

She had only been in New Zealand one day when she crashed the rental car.

Zhang, who was 20-years-old at the time of the accident, was convicted in the Alexandra District Court, disqualified from driving for two years and ordered to pay $10,000 in emotional-harm payments for causing the deaths of the two men and injuring two others.

The inquest continues, and the coroner said his findings would be reserved.