In the DVD recording of the interview, Detective Paea asked Ikamanu about Seini's broken foot, broken shoulder and broken pelvis.
Ikamanu said he sometimes could see pain in his daughter's face when she stood up.
''... Sometimes when we um saw her walk its like she was ah, what do you call it? ... can't walk ... in balance.''
Ikamanu told Mr Paea that he had asked his daughter about her limp but "she didn't talk, she was just quiet".
Ikamanu said she had been like that since arriving from Tonga after staying with his parents.
But Mr Paea told Ikamanu that the injuries to Seini's pelvis would have happened after she arrived in New Zealand.
''... She was in a lot of pain that was obvious.''
He said some force was needed to cause a broken pelvis and could have been a stomp.
In response, Ikamanu said he loved Seini and he had not stepped on her.
He also denied ever hitting Seini or seeing his wife hit the girl.
Mr Paea asked Ikamanu if he could explain Seini's broken foot.
He said that could have been caused by him trying to "make it straight" while the child had a seizure on the night she was injured.
Under cross-examination from Ikamanu's lawyer Simon Lance, Mr Paea confirmed that he had not seen the evidence from Ikamanu's half-sister Manusiu Tauheluhelu before the interview.
Ms Tauheluhelu has previously told the court that she had fallen on Seini while the girl was staying in Tonga.
However, medical evidence before the court suggests the pelvis fractures could not have happened that long ago.
The trial continues.
