A 36-year-old has appeared at Hamilton District Court today charged with the murder of Ngaruawahia man Mitchell Curtis Rehua Paterson, who was found dead at McLaren Falls in Tauranga more than a week ago.
The Hamilton man, who has been granted interim name suppression, faces two charges of unlawfully detaining Paterson and murdering him.
Paterson, 26, was found dead in water below the McLaren Falls bridge about 11.30am on Friday 12 July.
The man appeared before Judge Philip Connell. He was remanded in custody and ordered to reappear on 7 August at Hamilton High Court.
He is the second person to be charged in relation to Paterson's death.
