Second Man Charged Over Ariki Rigby Homicide

Hawke's Bay Police have today arrested a second man in relation to the murder of Ariki Rigby in 2022.

The 29-year-old Havelock North man has been charged with being a party to arson.

He is due to appear in Hastings District Court tomorrow, and Police will oppose his bail.

Today's arrest follows the earlier arrest of a 32-year-old man in Auckland in September.

That man is charged with murder and has been remanded in custody to appear in Napier High Court on 11 October.

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