The jury in the trial of the murder of Liberty Rose Templeman today travelled to Kerikeri in the Bay of Islands to view the scene of her killing.
On trial in the High Court at Whangarei for murder and indecent assault is a 16-year-old youth who has pleaded not guilty to both charges. His name is suppressed and he can be identified only as "K".
Justice Raynor Asher has said he will review the suppression order at the end of the trial.
This morning the six men and six women on the jury travelled by bus from Whangarei to view the spot where Ms Templeman's body was found in November 2008.
They also viewed other places mentioned in the trial, including the boy's home and the bushes where police found his shirt stained with Ms Templeman's blood.
Yesterday the court was told the police sergeant who found the body first thought it was a mannequin.
On closer examination Sergeant Ross Laurie recognised the clothing on the figure matched the description of what Ms Templeman was wearing when last seen alive the day before.
The dead girl, known as Libby, was aged 15 and had migrated from Britain with her parents in 2005.
The Crown says she was beaten unconscious, strangled and dragged down to the banks of the Wairoa Stream where she was left by the accused.
She died from drowning. The accused has admitted attacking the girl on Saturday, November 1 2008.
The trial is expected to take up to three weeks and the Crown will call about 40 witnesses.
NZPA