A woman charged in relation to the murder of Rau Tongia in the Wellington suburb of Karori last month has been remanded in custody.
The 24-year-old is charged with murder and appeared in the Wellington District Court on Tuesday.
Tongia, 33, was found dead in his Karori home on December 20.
She's been remanded in custody until the February 12 when she will appear in the High Court at Wellington in relation to the murder charge and another of assault with a weapon.
Interim name suppression has been granted until then.