A Hamilton 26-year-old charged with assaulting a man who later died has lost his bid for name suppression.
Through his lawyer Truc Tran, Chadwick Alexander Tanemahuta Ropitini, 26, entered a not guilty plea to the assault charge after an incident at a Forest Lake, Hamilton, house on Boxing Day.
Ropitini and the victim, Jayden Heke, 48, knew each other.
Heke died at the scene.
Ropitini appeared via audio visual link in the Hamilton District Court earlier this week.