A man has been charged with the murder of a 2-year-old child.
The child died at a Mangawhai Heads address on August 22, police said today.
The death sparked a homicide investigation after police were called to the Mangawhai property at 8.15pm.
Initially, a 30-year-old man was charged with assaulting the child.
He appeared in the North Shore District Court on August 23 and was granted interim name suppression.
