Papatoetoe panel beater Kamal Gyanendra Reddy, 41, pleaded not guilty to the murder of Mubarak Yusef -- more commonly known as Pakeeza Faizal -- and her daughter Juwairiyah Kalim, also known as "Jojo", after human remains were discovered under the Takapuna overbridge last month.
At the High Court in Auckland this morning, Bal Krishna Naidu, 65, also denied a charge of being a party to the murder.
Court documents allege he knew of the crimes and assisted Reddy to avoid arrest.
Ms Faizal and 3-year-old Jojo were killed in late December 2006 or early 2007, at their Howick home, police believe.
Police said Reddy was known to the victims.
He was remanded in custody until April while his co-accused remains on bail.
The provisional conditions of Naidu's bail ordered him to surrender his Fijian passport.
Ms Faizal Pakeeza and Jojo were not reported missing to police until last January and an investigation revealed the pair had been subject to foul play.
Human remains were found under the Takapuna Landing Bridge on October 18.
The defendants will be back in court in five months and a trial date was set for September 7.
It is scheduled to last four weeks.
By Rob Kidd
