Porirua Police have released the name of the overnight homicide victim.
Detective Senior Sergeant Mike Oxnam, head of Operation Kahika, says the man was Lewis Thorp, a beneficiary, of Kahika Grove, Elsdon.
Mr Thorp was celebrating his 49th birthday in his rental accommodation, a local boarding house, last night when there was an argument between himself and another man.
Police were called by another resident who heard the disturbance and found Mr Thorp lying outside the front door of his home. He was treated for head injuries at the scene and airlifted to Wellington Hospital where he died shortly after 3am.
Detectives found a 27-year-old man at another house and he has been charged with murder. The man is appearing in the Porirua District Court this morning.