CCTV footage has emerged of a brutal bar fight in central Auckland, during which one man smashed the face of another into his drink.
The fight happened at Father Ted's bar in Wellesley St.
According to police, two men were in the bar with friends when a stranger "made an advance" on one of their girlfriends about 11.50pm on July 24 last year.
"Her boyfriend intervened but was then punched in the back of his head and had his head shoved into his drink," said police in a post on the Auckland Police Facebook page.
"His friend then stepped in but was assaulted several times, knocked to the ground and assaulted further before his attacker left the bar."