Robbers bashed a South Auckland dairy owner in the face and punched him in the ribs as he was closing his shop, while another ran into their adjoining house to beat up his wife and daughter.
Opaheke Superette owner Nanu Patel was closing the roller door of his dairy just after 8.30pm on Monday when a man held up the door and started punching him inside the shop.
Patel yelled loudly for help to his wife and daughter who were sitting the lounge in their adjoining Papakura house.
But as Patel was being continuously punched in the eyes, side of his head and ribs, the second robber walked through to the house and beat up his family.
"They beat me up on the ground. I was by the door. I was closing the shop and he wouldn't let me close it. He just came in and grabbed and tried to punch me in the face," he told the Herald.
"My head was pouring with blood. I had stitches - two or three I think. The cut was just at the top of my eye."
Patel's wife Hasumata was also hit in the face repeatedly and their 30-year-old daughter now has a broken jaw.
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