The Waikato man accused of murdering his partner Kim Richmond is due to stand trial next year.

Cory Scott Jefferies, 45, appeared for callover at the Hamilton High Court on Tuesday, where Justice Sarah Katz scheduled July 23 next year as the start date for a two-week trial.

He was remanded on continued bail until that date.

His case will be called again on April 10, to check on the availability of ESR evidence, however Jefferies has his attendance excused on that day.

Police say Kim, a mother-of-three, was last seen at her home in Arohena, near Te Awamutu, in the early hours of July 31, 2016.

The police dive squad found her inside her silver Ford Ranger in Arapuni Lake almost a year later on June 15.

Jefferies was arrested and charged with Richmond's murder on June 20.

- Stuff