The man accused of murdering Constable Matthew Hunt can keep his name secret for another three days at least.
Constable Matthew Hunt. Photo: Supplied / NZ Police
An application for continued name suppression was declined in the High Court in Auckland by Justice Venning this morning.
However, the order was extended until 4pm on Monday to give his legal team time to consider whether to appeal the decision.
While Justice Venning declined to extend name suppression for the accused, he granted a request from his legal team to ban publishing pictures of him at this stage.
The 24-year-old man denies charges of murder, attempted murder and dangerous driving causing injury.
RNZ, Stuff and NZME jointly opposed the application and were legally represented in court.
The Crown also opposed the application.
Justice Venning said that the arguments made by the man's lawyer, Mark Edgar, did not reach the high threshold that would need to be met in order to continue the order.
These submissions cannot be reported.
Constable Hunt was shot, and another officer injured, during a routine traffic stop in West Auckland on 19 June.
Earlier this month, 30-year-old Natalie Jane Bracken was publicly identified as the woman charged with being an accessory to murder after the fact after losing her name suppression bid.
Both defendants are due to stand trial in July next year.
Hunt, 28, was the first New Zealand police officer to die in the line of duty in 11 years.
His funeral was held at Eden Park earlier this month.
