INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Image copyrightLucie Blackman TrustImage caption
The 22-year-old was backpacking after graduating from university in
September
Missing backpacker Grace Millane was last seen at a hotel with a "male companion", police have revealed.The
22-year-old, from Essex, described by her father as "lovely" and "family-orientated", vanished in New Zealand six days ago.Detectives in
Auckland say they have spoken to the man and have identified an apartment at the Citylife Hotel as a location of interest.Det Insp Scott
Beard said police "hold grave fears for her safety".Miss Millane's father David told a press conference in Auckland: "Grace is a lovely,
outgoing, fun-loving, family-orientated daughter."She's usually in daily contact with either her mother, myself, her two brothers or
members of the family on social media."Image copyrightTV New ZealandImage caption
David Millane, Grace's father, has
travelled to New Zealand
Miss Millane, who graduated from the University of Lincoln in September, had been travelling alone
in New Zealand for two weeks, following a six-week group trip through South America.She had booked to stay at the Base Backpackers hostel in
central Auckland until 8 December
She is known to have made plans to travel after that to other parts of the country, followed by a trip to Australia.Mr Millane said: "She
has been bombarding us with numerous photographs and messages of her adventures."We are all extremely upset and it's very difficult at
this time to fully describe the range of emotions we are going through."Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to appeal to anybody
who has seen, spoken to, come into contact with Grace over the last few days and come forward with any detail, no matter how small."Image
copyrightMillane FamilyThe family has set up a Facebook page - Help Find Grace.The Foreign Office said it was providing support to Auckland
police.Image copyrightPAImage caption
Police released CCTV images of the backpacker at Auckland's Sky City
entertainment complex before she disappeared
