The man was denied bail on his first appearance more than seven weeks ago but at a subsequent hearing, bail was granted.
Emergency services confirmed they were called to the Favona Rd address just before midday on June 2.
Neighbours reported hearing a loud bang - like gunfire - around that time, followed by hysterical screaming.
"Someone was crying really loudly. It was very sad sobbing," one neighbour said.
Family friend Sione Tatafu described the victim as a "daddy's girl".
"She was a smart little girl who loved to come kick it with the boys," he said.
The shooting happened as the family were moving out of the house, said Mr Tatafu, who grew up in Onehunga with the girl's father.
He said both sides of the girl's large, extended family were devastated.
No one who lived at the house held a firearms licence, Mr Tatafu said.
Manslaughter carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
