The trial of man accused of murdering Ilya Olegovich Kojenikov in an alleged hit-and-run incident in Welcome Bay is underway.

Raymond Green is standing trial in the High Court in Tauranga this week.

Police at the scene where Ilya Olegovich Kojenikov was killed in Welcome Bay last year. Photo: Cameron Avery.

The 32-year-old pleaded not guilty to a murder charge when he appeared on court on February 18, 2015.

Green was arrested after a short police investigation into the death of the Russian national, who was killed after being hit by a black Subaru on Welcome Bay Road, near James Cook Drive in February last year.

Green was arrested the following morning after police found a black Subaru at a Papamoa address.

The same vehicle is believed to have been used in the fatal incident.

The Crown will be opening the trial this morning.