My former boss and my friend, he used to be my boss at the radio station Classic Hits for a good 10 years, and then he became my boss here at Newstalk ZB, Mister Dallas Gurney has been assaulted at his general store in Whananaki.  

A group was at his store, and they were effing and blinding and they're obviously a bit off their faces. And Dallas went to have a word because the whole thing about Whananaki and the general store and the campground nearby is that it's a family environment and it's peak holiday period. There's loads of kids around.  

So Dallas went up to them and said, could you please keep it civil? And then the drunks in the party turned around and told him to eff off. So then he said, okay, well, if you're going to be like that, you can leave. So leave.  

Then one of the party came up behind him and shoved him off the deck. We know of coward’s punches, this was a coward's shove. Dallas flew through the air, landed heavily on the concrete, fractured his shoulder. And then to add insult to injury, they laughed about it as they left.  

Now I say none of this allegedly because his CCTV was filming the whole thing. It's now been widely circulated and it's clear what happened and who did it.  

When I heard that Dallas said, "I flew a couple of meters in the air", I thought, you're exaggerating. I watched the video, he was not. He was given a fair shove and flew through the air, broke his shoulder.  

I find the whole thing incomprehensible. Everyone was enjoying a summer day, even the drunk ferals, enjoying a summer day. They were enjoying Whananaki’s excellent takeaway food, and then they turned around, they effed and blinded, and when they were told to leave, they hurt their host, the man who cooked them the food.  

The police know who they are, so there will be repercussions. You could ask, where were the police? But the police can't be everywhere all at once and Whananaki is a way away from everywhere.  

Dallas hopes that the perpetrators are feeling sheepish today after the booze wears off, but I don't think they will. There are so many New Zealanders who hit first and barely think afterwards, and do not understand the word sorry, and do not understand the word regret. They are scum and you let the country down. You let your family down and you let yourselves down and you don't even know it.