Police are still hopeful of an arrest relating to the death of Hastings man Eddie Peters, who died from injuries received in an assault in Flaxmere seven weeks ago.
Peters, 45, was attacked in the driveway of a Diaz Dr property in Flaxmere West between midnight and 12.15am on November 16, soon after leaving a wake at a nearby address, also in Diaz Dr.
An investigation of the assault became a homicide inquiry after died in Wellington Hospital on November 24, but there have been no arrests.
Inquiry head Detective Sergeant Brent Greville said police still needed to speak with all the people who were at the address where Peters had been drinking with friends, and they are still seeking information from anyone else who was in the area.
"We are still looking at who was there and whether anything happened there that led to this incident," he said.