Police investigating the discovery of a body in a house in the South Auckland suburb of Manurewa in September have charged a person with murder.
Police recovered the body of a woman from inside the scene of a fire at a residential property on Nina Place on Sunday 18 September. A homicide investigation was subsequently launched.
A 50-year-old man is due to appear in the Manukau District Court today charged with murder.
An interim non-publication order by the coroner remains in place, which suppresses identification, including the name of the victim.