The son of a New Zealand music legend is in hot water after an alleged assault on a family member.
Nicholas "Nikko" Jeremiah Chunn, 38, appeared in Auckland District Court last week charged with assaulting Timothy Sheahan.
Chunn, son of former Split Enz star Mike Chunn and half-brother of Black Cap Jimmy Neesham, was bailed after the alleged attack, which is understood to have happened in Ponsonby last Tuesday.
Mike Chunn, who was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2002, is the chief executive of the Play It Strange Trust, set up to encourage young Kiwis' musical endeavours.
He did not return calls last week.
The complainant in the matter also did not respond to requests for comment but a friend of his said it was "a family matter".
Like his father, Nikko Chunn had also got involved in the music business.
According to his New Zealand music profile, he cut his teeth playing the piano.
"But it was his singing ability that stopped people in their tracks. Then when he wrote his first song at the age of 16 the singer/songwriter emerged."
Nikko Chunn told his 195 Facebook fans last month that physical ailments had frustrated him of late.
He complained of a frozen thorax and a neck that consequently shut down, creating pressure on neck and spinal nerves which "affected my mood among other things over the last 11 weeks".
Nikko Chunn will be back in court in December.