Police allege Javon Aranui was assaulted in the early hours of Wednesday, December 20, last year.

He died of serious head injuries the next day in hospital.

The two men are due in court tomorrow.

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28 Jun: Police say they'll be out in force around the country to target gatherings of anti-social road users this long weekend

27 Jun: Police have seized numerous vehicles and arrested a man after boy racer gatherings in Levin and Foxton - from early and mid-June

26 Jun: Hastings' Mayor says residents should stay put tonight - as tonight's 9pm high tide looms

23 Jun: Three young people have been identified in relation to a bomb threat in Napier

22 Jun: A teenager is facing the courts, accused of firing a gun at a member of the public after driving into a ditch in Hawke's Bay

21 Jun: Wellington have beaten Hawke's Bay 117-91 in National Basketball League action at Napier

20 Jun: Police have taken a 35-year-old man into custody, seizing drugs, guns, and around 500 vapes in a Wairarapa arrest

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