Two Te Puke men charged with murdering Tristan Oakes appear in Tauranga District Court

Tristan Oakes was fatally shot at the weekend in the Bay of Plenty town of Te Puke.

Two men from Te Puke have appeared in court charged with murdering Tristan Eruera Oakes in the Bay of Plenty town.

Oakes, 29, was found critically injured from a gunshot wound at his home on Saturday, and died the next day in hospital.

Kanan Clarke, a 39-year-old rigger, and Joseph Ernest Yorke, aged 40 and with no occupation given on a court document, appeared in the Tauranga District Court this morning.

Kanan Clarke, 39, (left) and Joseph Yorke, 40, are charged with murdering Tristan Oakes.

They are jointly charged with murdering Oakes between Saturday and Sunday.

They were remanded in custody without entering pleas and are scheduled to appear in the High Court at Tauranga on November 19.

The Bay of Plenty Times understands a tangi for Oakes is being held in Te Puke today.

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