A shirtless man was one of two people who robbed a Waikato dairy before attacking and injuring the shopkeeper.
Police today released the image of the man wanted in relation to the aggravated robbery at Meremere Superette and Takeaways on Thursday morning.
Two men, one without a shirt, went into the store at 11.30am armed with knives. The men threatening the worker and his daughter and the store worker received deep cuts to hand and head in the ensuing tussle. He was taken to Middlemore Hospital.
The daughter was uninjured.
The shopkeeper suffered several lacerations after receiving blows to his forearms and head from the offenders, say police.