Photo: RNZ / Marika Khabazi
A woman has been charged with murder after an infant was found dead in Auckland's Silverdale last week.
It comes after an investigation was launched when officers were called to an address on Mita Rd on 15 November. An infant was found dead in the house.
A second person, a 35-year-old woman, was taken to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition at the time
"Police have been conducting enquiries into the circumstances and we have now charged this woman with murder," Detective Inspector Callum McNeill, Waitematā CIB said in a statement this evening.
The woman remains under guard in hospital.
The matter expected to be called in the North Shore District Court tomorrow, McNeill said.
She is also expected to appear in the Auckland High Court on 7 December.
"This is an incredibly distressing situation for the family involved, along with first responders and Police who attended," he added.