A woman has been charged with murder over the stabbing death of her mother in the Lake Macquarie area, south of Newcastle.

Officers found the body of a 73-year-old woman when they were called to a home on Kalaroo Road at Redhead just before 6:30pm on Saturday.

She had been stabbed a number of times.

The woman's 36-year-old daughter, Keren Parnell, was arrested at the home.

Pernell was refused bail in Newcastle Local Court and was taken to a remand centre in Sydney.

She is due to front court again via audio-visual link on Monday.

Newcastle Police Inspector Jennifer Lawton said Parnell had been charged with several offences.

"Police have charged the woman with murder, use offence weapon with intent to commit indictable offence and take, detain person with intent to obtain advantage cause actual bodily harm," she said.

Police have appealed for anyone with information to come forward.