A man who admitted to punching a Rotorua teacher is still on the run from police.
Sheldon Tawhiti-Ormsby, 18, from Rotorua, hit a Rotorua Intermediate teacher outside school and knocked him unconscious.
Tawhiti-Ormsby was due to be sentenced earlier this month in the Rotorua District Court but did not show up. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
The Ministry of Justice confirmed this morning the warrant was still active.
Tawhiti-Ormsby pleaded guilty in March to assaulting Alasdair Hay at school pick-up on February 27.