A man has been charged with the murder of Bridget Simmonds.
Police confirmed a 57-year-old man had been charged and is due to appear in the Whangārei District Court this afternoon.
The murder charge comes after the body of the 43-year-old victim was excavated at a rural property at Parakao, west of Whangārei, on June 12.
Police converged on the 20ha block of land on Wilson Rd, 40km west of Whangārei, after new information came to light which caused investigators to believe foul play was involved in the disappearance of the mother of two.
Simmonds, of Northland, was last seen in February last year.