Another key witness in a Tauranga High Court murder trial told the jury that he saw one of the three accused stabbing his mate "everywhere" and feared he was going to die.
Guy Wikeepa, 19, was giving evidence yesterday against Hiakita Eruera, his wife Hyacin Eruera and their associate Paul Taki, who are accused of murdering 19-year-old Takena Tiepa-Ranapia.
Mr Tiepa-Ranapia's body was found outside a house in Mansfield St, Ohauiti, on November 30 2014, about 300m from where he was allegedly stabbed by Mr Eruera.
The accused are also defending charges of wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm and assault with a weapon, which relates to attacks on Mr Wikeepa and Brooklyn Ormsby-Ratahi.
Mr Wikeepa said he and Mr Ormsby-Ratahi were also at the party, but the mood changed as soon as Paris Taite " the daughter and stepdaughter of Mr and Mrs Eruera " turned up.
Mr Wikeepa said after a brief scuffle between Ms Taite and the deceased when she tried to hook up with Mr Ormsby-Ratahi, she was ejected by Mr Tiepa-Ranapia, making threats of violent retribution towards the deceased as she left.
As he and Mr Ormsby-Ratahi were walking home, a car stopped alongside driven by Hyacin Eruera, carrying her husband and another man, he said.
What happened next was a rage-fuelled attack by Mr Eruera on Mr Ormsby-Ratahi, firstly punching him then stabbing him "everywhere", before stomping and kicking him in the head, he said.
He was hit from behind by the other man in the car with something and said he heard Mrs Eruera yelling out to her husband, "F****** get him, f****** kill him" before they drove off.
Once the attack happened he had an instant "adrenalin rush" which sobered him enough to recall key details.
That included him carrying his friend on his shoulder for some distance trying to find someone to help , he said.
Taki's lawyer Rachael Adams put to Mr Wikeepa that his evidence was a "fantasy" created to make himself look "like a hero" and to stitch up the accused.
She also challenged Mr Wikeepa about inconsistencies in his and Mr Ormsby-Ratahi's evidence heard on Wednesday. He replied that Mr Ormsby-Ratahi had been drunk and injured.