The estranged husband of a well-known New Zealand celebrity is on trial in the Hamilton District Court for threatening to kill and assaulting his wife, and assaulting one of their children.
Suppression orders cover the name of the man, his wife and their children.
The 44-year-old man has been charged with threatening to kill, six counts of assaulting his wife between May in 2013 and February 2014, assaulting one of their children and breaching protection orders.
A jury is being selected this afternoon and the trial is expected to run for eight days.
