A nephew of Hone Harawira has been jailed for chasing a boy into his home and beating him in his bedroom before stealing a whale bone necklace.
Mau Harawira - a son of anti-violence campaigner Hinewhare Harawira - was sentenced to three years and two months in jail when he appeared at the Auckland District Court today.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to theft and injuring with intent to injure.
The court heard how the 30-year-old had been drinking with a friend at an Auckland beach when the pair believed they had been offended by a 12-year-old playing nearby.
They chased him to his house and went inside, where they knocked him to the ground and kicked him.