Footage of high school kids fighting outside Matamata College. Video / Supplied
Police are making inquiries after two teens repeatedly punched and kicked each other outside a Matamata funeral home today.
A video has emerged of a boy in mufti goading a student to fight by trying to kick and punch him outside Waterson's Funeral Services and its neighbouring Rosa Chapel onTamihana St just before 3.30pm.
The Year 10 student from Matamata College resists almost a dozen attempts before grabbing the boy's leg and throwing him onto the ground.
The footage shows the pair pummelling each other on the grass until a third boy walks up to them and stamps his foot on them several times.
A witness told the Herald the boy only started to fight back after being provoked. He called the police, but said the group ran off when officers arrived.
Police confirmed officers were alerted to the altercation at about 3.26pm involving young people on Tamihana St in Matamata and were continuing to make inquiries relating to the circumstances and those involved.