A man has appeared in court charged with the murder of a pregnant Opotiki woman last night.
Robert Roupere Hohua, 35, was remanded without plea in the Whakatane District Court to appear in the High Court at Tauranga on December 14.
He was charged with murdering an Opotiki woman at a Wellington St house last night.
An area of the street was today cordoned off.
Neighbours said the deceased woman was pregnant.