He was Paul Stephen Dee (46), of Waimate.
Yesterday, his wife, Julie, said he had been on his way home to his family.
``I just want to encourage people to live life like it's precious. You never know when you're going to lose that family time and I just want to encourage every single father in the country to go and watch their kids play soccer, or take them to the lake, or take them swimming,'' she said.
``And Paul did that a lot recently. And it gives me so much pleasure to think of all the wonderful things he did with us.''
She thanked people for ``just the support and love'' since the death of her husband, the father of their two children, Connor (7) and Erin (5).
``When people pull together, it's amazing the support they can provide for one small family,'' she said.
Mr Dee's brother, Mike, said he was a family man and ``a fantastic bloke''.
``He was sort of larger than life. It's going to be - and it is - pretty tough.''
The brothers grew up with many of the same interests and ``any opportunity I got I'd go up there and we'd go hunting together; all that sort of male stuff,'' Mr Dee said.
``It was great.
``It would end up just being another adventure in the life of Mike and Paul.
``There are going to be times when, even now, I'll have little moments and think `Mate, this is just way too soon'. There are still a-million-and-one things I wanted to do together.''
The crash happened shortly before midnight on April 28.
