The teenager charged with killing Hastings man Mark Beale has appeared in the High Court at Napier.
Johnnie Puna, who was 19 years old at the time of the murder, has appeared before Justice Simon France via AVL from prison.
He's pleaded not guilty to one charge of murder and one charge of theft of a vaping device.
At the brief appearance this morning, Justice Simon France set aside two weeks for the jury trial, scheduled to start on November 20th this year.
45 year old Mark Beale was found unconscious and critically injured near the mouth of the Tukituki River, in the seaside suburb of Haumoana on Monday 6th February this year.