Grieving dad issues warning to parents

Pakeeza Faizal and her daughter Jojo are believed to have been murdered in December 2006 or...
Pakeeza Faizal and her daughter Jojo are believed to have been murdered in December 2006 or January 2007. Photo / Police
Faizal Kalim, the grieving father who found out this week his young daughter had been murdered and her remains buried alongside her mother's in a muddy Auckland swamp, has issued a warning to other parents.

Mr Kalim lost touch with his daughter Juwairiyah, known as Jojo, when his estranged wife, Mubarek Yusef, known as Pakeeza Faizal, left him nearly a decade ago.

On Sunday, police informed him of the discovery of Jojo and her mother's skeletal remains in a muddy creek under the Takapuna overbridge near Rosmini College.

This afternoon her issued a warning to other parents.

"All I have to say to the people of New Zealand when you have a kid you make sure you look after them and don't let anybody take them away from you," he posted on his Facebook page.

"...if you listening today please make it easier for people to find their kids because there's plenty of people like me out their so they don't have to go through what I'm going through [sic]."

The words were written above a photo of his "angel" who was pictured sitting at a table with two other children, celebrating a birthday.

Yesterday, Mr Kalim -- who has been looking for his daughter since 2006 -- expressed his anguish on Facebook, asking, "Why would somebody kill [an] angel like that?"

Faziel this afternoon visited the site near the Akoranga bus station to take part in a blessing.

The blessing was led by local Ngati Whatua kaumatua John Marsden, who told those gathered that the purpose of the ceremony was to seek peace and "clear the way".

The site served as a busy commuter hub, so it was important to and cleanse the site for all those who passed through it, he said.

Faziel stood behind black sunglasses, supported by family members, police liaison officers and victim support staff.

Following Mr Marsden's briefing, a procession followed the kaumatua to the Takapuna over-bridge, where his daughter and ex-wife's body was found only days ago.

Faziel and his supporters stood behind police tape, the men wearing sunglasses and the women headscarves, while Mr Marsden began his blessing of the site.

He was comforted by a supporter while family members ducked under the police cordon and carried bouquets of flowers down past overgrown flax bushes and into the muddy swamp, laying them at the site of where the bodies were found.

As they returned he pulled up his sunglasses, wiping tears from his face with a handkerchief before he turning to share a hongi with Mr Marsden.