An investigation is underway after a high-profile Auckland businessman needed hospital treatment at the weekend.
Police were called to a property in Greenhithe on Saturday night after reports two men were fighting and that a gunshot had been heard.
Matthew Blomfield has confirmed to RadioLIVE police were called to his home and that he was taken to North Shore Hospital with facial injuries.
The 38-year-old owned a number of Hell Pizza franchises until 2008, before they went into liquidation, and has been credited as being the brains behind the chain's controversial marketing.
Last year, Mr Blomfield took a defamation case against Whale Oil blogger Cameron Slater. The case is ongoing.
Mr Slater claimed he had the right not to reveal his sources and is appealing a judge's decision that his website does not have the legal protection that is given to news media.
RadioLIVE
source: newshub archive
