Residents from houses near where a boy died in Rotorua on Sunday have pulled together, at a distance, to hold a vigil for him.
Deborah De Loree said she looked outside on Sunday morning to see police vehicles, fire engines and an ambulance on her street.
She later learned a child had died. A 27-year-old woman was charged with murder and appeared in Rotorua District via audio-visual link on Monday.
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The woman was granted interim name suppression and remanded in custody without plea to reappear in the High Court at Rotorua on September 17.