A 40-year-old woman charged with the murder of three sisters - two-year-old twins and a six-year-old - is set to appear in the Timaru District Court on Saturday morning.
The girl's were killed following an incident at a Queen Street property on Thursday night.
The names of the victims are not yet able to be released by police.
Three siblings – two three-year-old twins and a seven-year-old – were killed in their Timaru home last night. (Source: Other)
Those involved had recently arrived from South Africa and had only been out of managed isolation in the past week.
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It's understood those affected had a "small network of friends" in New Zealand, but all family is based overseas.
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