A Wellington woman charged with murder will stay in custody for a mental health assessment.
The 37-year-old is accused of murdering another 37-year-old woman in the Wellington suburb of Strathmore earlier this month.
Both women have name suppression for now.
The murder-accused did not appear in the High Court at Wellington this morning for a brief hearing, the contents of which were suppressed by Justice Simon France.
The judge allowed media to report that the "matter has been remanded for mental health assessment".