A 12-year-old girl found seriously injured at an alleged murder scene in an upmarket Wellington street has undergone surgery.
The girl was found in the same bedroom as the body of a 52-year-old woman at an address in Lemnos Ave, Karori, on Friday afternoon.
A 30-year-old man faced a charge of murder in Wellington District Court on Saturday morning. He has interim name suppression.
The girl had surgery in Wellington Hospital overnight Friday for injuries that police have not specified.
Detective Senior Sergeant Warwick McKee said police are hopeful she will make a full recovery.