A 29-year-old man is to appear in court in Christchurch this morning after being charged with the murder of a woman.
The man was charged hours after a woman's body was found in a earthquake-damaged home yesterday morning.
He is expected to appear in Christchurch District Court this morning.
The dead woman's name has not been released and a post-mortem examination is to be carried out today.
A large police cordon yesterday surrounded the front-section of a Travis Rd flat in the badly quake-hit suburb of Burwood, bordering Parklands.
The cordoned area included two other houses, both abandoned, and police set up an inquiry caravan in one of the driveways.
A team of 20 police officers and environmental science and research staff are working on the investigation.
Police expect the scene examination to continue for several days.
