New Zealand / Regional

Arrests made in Woodville homicide

21:39 pm on 25 February 2015

A man has been charged with murder and three others have been arrested over the killing of a Woodville man last month.

James Whatuira who was 49, was found shot dead at a house he was visiting in the Tararua.

A 41-year-old Nelson man has been charged with the murder while three Dannevirke men aged 29, 35, and 45 are charged with being party to a murder.

The man charged with the murder will appear in the Christchurch District Court tomorrow while the three others will appear in the Palmerston North District Court.