Police have named the Greymouth man who was fatally stabbed early this morning as Cyrus Alexis Alupis.
A 17-year-old man was charged with Alupis' murder in the Greymouth District Court this afternoon and will remain in custody until Tuesday, August 21.
The 41-year-old local man was found with critical injuries on Cowper St around 2am and died shortly after at Grey Base Hospital.
"Police continue to appeal for sightings of a late 1990s red Toyota Corolla in Greymouth in the early hours of Monday morning," West Coast area commander Inspector Mel Aitken said.
"Also, anyone who witnessed a male dressed in dark clothing walking on Sids Rd, near Coal Creek," Aitken said.