Belinda FeekOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Waikato·NZ Herald·4 Jun, 2026 07:00 AM6 mins to readKawariki Emery was armed with a machete, while Hayze Watene-Kumeroa stomped and punched the victim's head and chest at a party in Hamilton last year. Photo / 123RFA young man was repeatedly hit with a machete and stomped on during an unprovoked attack at a party that ballooned to 250 people.
The victim, from the Far North, had travelled to Hamilton to attend the party, which had just been shut down by his friend’s mother when he
