AUCKLAND, New Zealand

A New Zealand toddler, allegedly abandoned by her fugitive father at an Australian train station last month, met her only known sibling for the first time Monday as family members met to decide the child's future.

New Zealand citizen Qian Xun Xue appears likely to go to live with her grandmother in China.

At a family conference in the northern New Zealand city of Auckland, family members agreed that half-sister Grace Xue _ who is in her 20s and was also allegedly abandoned as a child by her father, Xue Naiyin _ should play a part in her little half sister's life.

Grace Xue met with the child and the child's grandmother twice Monday. Grace Xue said she could not disclose where Qian Xun would live but said she was confident the child would be well cared for.

Qian Xun has been in the custody of New Zealand's Child, Youth and Family agency since returning last week from the southern Australian city of Melbourne, where a security camera allegedly caught her father, Xue Naiyin, leaving her alone at the main train station on Sept. 15. He flew to Los Angeles shortly afterward.

Xue Naiyin, 54, is the prime suspect in the death of his wife, Qian Xun's 27-year-old mother Anan Liu, whose body was found in the trunk of his car.

American authorities are seeking Xue Naiyin over the Qian Xun's abduction and the woman's death. New Zealand has sent the U.S. an arrest warrant for him.

Grace Xue said the determination of the child's future was going relatively smoothly.

"The guardianship of Qian Xun Xue is still to be formally determined," Grace Xue told reporters, "but as I have always said, this is not going to be a contentious issue. Her grandmother and I pretty much share the very same vision for her."

Grandmother Xiaoping Liu said earlier she would bring the child up at her home in China _ a proposal expected to be supported by the child welfare agency and New Zealand's Family Court, which has the final say over the child's future.

Xue is the publisher of a Chinese-language magazine in New Zealand and a well-known figure in the ethnic Chinese community in Auckland, New Zealand's largest city.