A man has appeared in Kaitaia District Court charged with the murder of a Far North farmer.
The arrested man was granted interim name suppression when he appeared before Judge Keith de Ridder, charged with murder.
The charge comes after police ewer called to a farm just north of Te Kao shortly before 11pm on Thursday, after reports a man was badly injured.
When they arrived, they found the 77-year-old had died from knife wounds.
Far North District Council Te Hiku ward councillor David Collard said the Far North's reputation was being tarnished by highly-publicised violence in the community, including two other homicides since December 31, 2015.