Khanye Eruera Harimate Te Heuheu attacked Zion Purukamu​ and the other boys, aged 14 and 17, with a knife outside a Fendalton rental property in August 2021. Kinley told the court she found out Zion had been stabbed minutes after she woke in fright that night. Adam Purukamu told the court Zion was the baby of the family, and the pain of his son's loss was unbearable. "Nothing can justify what you've done," she told Te Heuheu. A fight broke out, in which Te Heuheu stabbed Zion in the abdomen and back.

Source: Stuff March 14, 2023 11:08 UTC