A teenager has appeared in court after a young man's body was found on a Canterbury lifestyle block during a two-day police hunt.
The 18-year-old man has been charged with the murder of Oliver Johnston, aka Oliver Greene, a 20-year-old from Christchurch.
The charge alleges the murder happened between June 23 and June 28.
The teen's parents were in court this morning when he appeared via audio visual link from custody.
Judge Paul Kellar granted interim name suppression on grounds of extreme hardship and preservation of fair trial rights after an application by defence counsel James Rapley. Name suppression would have to be argued more fully at the next appearance, the judge said.