Kawerau Homicide: Man charged with murder
A man charged in relation to last week's fatal stabbing in Kawerau has now been charged with murder.
The man was initially charged with assault but the charge has since been upgraded to murder.
The 31-year-old who has name suppression was charged following the fatal stabbing of a 23-year-old man in Kawerau on Thursday evening.
The man charged will appear in the Whakatane District court tomorrow.