
Immigration New Zealand are set to deport a man convicted of beating his wife so severely as she held their baby daughter that he temporarily deafened her. Jone Vuetaki, 26, was sentenced in the Timaru District Court to 130 hours of community work in August for the vicious assault of his wife in November last year. The Fiji-born meat worker denied the charge but was found guilty after a trial before Judge Joanna Maze. After he was sentenced Immigration New Zealand revealed that Vuetaki was here illegally. He had been in the country unlawfully since March. "Vuetaki is liable for deportation, but INZ strongly encourages him to settle his affairs and make arrangements to leave the country as soon as possible by departing voluntarily." It is understood Vuetaki appealed his sentence. His now ex-wife…