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Ivan Leslie Manukau

Alias

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Offences

Murder of Piki Kingi in Hillcrest, Hamilton in June 2009

Victims

Piki Maunga Kingi

Offender Affiliations

Moana Heremaia
Todd Marteley

Gang affiliations

none known

Age

Born 1967

Current Location

Prison

Parole/Release Dates

Sentenced to life imprisonment with a 12 year minimum term in September 2010
Eligible for parole from June 2021

Background
NZ Herald story here
From Waikato Times story October 2010
Calls to "hang the bastards" echoed through a courtroom yesterday as whanau and friends of murdered Waikato man Piki Kingi vented their anger at his killers. Emotions boiled over in the High Court in Hamilton yesterday as three offenders convicted over Mr Kingi's killing were sentenced. Proceedings were repeatedly interrupted by the tension before Ivan Manukau, a 43-year-old sickness beneficiary, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 12 years.

A second man, whose identity was suppressed, was sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum non-parole period of 10 years. Both men admitted murdering Mr Kingi, 38, at a house in Cobham Dr, Hamilton, on June 10 last year. Police discovered his body four days later in a car on Mansel Ave in Hillcrest. A third offender, Moana Heremaia, 46, was sentenced to three years and nine months' jail after pleading guilty to manslaughter. While details of Mr Kingi's death were revealed for the first time yesterday, mystery continues to surround the identity of one of his killers.

That fourth person is due to appear in court charged with Mr Kingi's murder later this year. At the time of his killing, Mr Kingi was a known methamphetamine dealer and was said to carry large quantities of the drug P and cash with him. All three offenders knew Mr Kingi through their involvement in drugs. Crown prosecutor Ross Douch said Mr Kingi's murder was motivated by the offenders' greed and a desire for retribution for Mr Kingi's "perceived failings". Manukau was disillusioned by the quality of P supplied to him by Mr Kingi "to the point at which he sought retribution".

On June 10, they lured Mr Kingi to Heremaia's Cobham Dr home under the pretence of a drug deal. Once inside he was attacked by two men welding a cricket bat and tomahawk. He was struck about the head and body and died at the scene. Manukau and Heremaia remained outside as "lookouts", while Mr Kingi's body was bundled up in bed clothes and put into a car. The car was then driven to Mansel Ave and abandoned. Justice Heath described the attack as having a high level of "cruelty, callousness and brutality".

After the violent assault, Mr Kingi's attackers showed him no dignity in death, abandoning the car containing his body in a suburban street. Mr Kingi's partner, Carla Smith, told the court Mr Kingi was a caring and loving man who was trying to change his life. She felt only hate toward his attackers and would never forgive them. A victim impact statement read on behalf of Mr Kingi's whanau said they were a private family who were distressed by the media coverage of Mr Kingi's murder.

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