The teenager charged with murder after a fatal stabbing at an Auckland bus station last month has pleaded not guilty.
The 16-year-old appeared in the High Court at Auckland on Wednesday morning before Justice Woolford.
The 24-year-old man who died can now be named as Epapara Joseph Jordon Poutapu.
Last month, emergency responders rushed to the Albany Bus Station after an incident in the middle of the day.
At the time, Auckland Transport said it was assisting police after an altercation broke out between members of the public, which resulted in a person receiving critical injuries.
Poutapu was taken to hospital, but died later that day.
An automatic suppression order that meant he could not be named, but that has now lifted.
The 16-year-old's interim name suppression continues and he has been remanded in custody at a Youth Justice facility.
A trial date has been set down for November 2024.
