Actor Pua Magasiva beat his wife so badly that she feared for her life, explosive court documents hidden from the public can finally reveal.

Magasiva committed suicide in May, the same night he assaulted his wife Lizz and left her in hospital.

On other occasions, he tried to strangle his wife in front of her young daughter, put her in a headlock and spat in her face.

Actor Pua Magasiva and wife Lizz (pictured) had a perfect white wedding in 2018 and enjoyed a decadent honeymoon. But she was secretly suffering at the hands of her violent husband

The star had just celebrated his first wedding anniversary with wife Lizz when he died. Both had a daughter from a previous relationship (pictured)

In a brave submission, the troubled Power Rangers star's wife revealed what she described as two-and-a-half years of physical and emotional abuse, according to the New Zealand Herald.

He was convicted of assaulting her just two weeks before his death, and left her in hospital in the night of his suspected suicide.

A court suppression order which hid the case from the public has now lifted, meaning his widow can finally tell her story.

The mother-of-one claimed her husband 'refused to acknowledge his history of domestic violence in case it ruined his career' .

They married in April 2018, but her parents feared his violence may one day end her life.

Mrs Magasiva is a teacher who first met the actor on Instagram, leading to a whirlwind romance and a lavish dream wedding, with their social media pages showing a fun and loving life together.

But the reality for his wife was far from idyllic, as he coerced and frightened her into silence.



Pua Magasiva beat his wife Lizz (pictured) so badly that she ended up in hospital. He also strangled her in front of her daughter

The troubled actor starred in the beloved New Zealand movie Sione's Wedding (pictured)

'In the past you have received letters from me which were carefully constructed under the supervision of my husband,' she wrote in a letter to the High Court in his native New Zealand.

'I love my husband and I would do anything for him which included not signing a statement to the police ... and not being truthful so that I may always protect him.'

She said she would've appealed the court's decision to protect his career by suppressing his name, but had been 'terrified' his anger and heavy drinking would reemerge.

'I wanted to face the truth together and speak truthfully but Pua desperately wanted to protect his career, so I was silenced,' she went on.

The teacher explained her husband had been 'incredibly worried' about losing his career.

Pua Magasiva and his wife Lizz (pictured) shared a seemingly perfect married life on their social media pages, often taking adventurous trips abroad

The Shortland Street, Power Ranges and Sione's Wedding actor, 38, died on May 11.

In a heart-wrenching letter sent to the court by her father Ronald Sadler, he described the trauma of not knowing if the next phone call was going to be about his beloved daughter's death.

After thinking she had finally found happiness with the actor, he later discovered his daughter was suffering from terrible violence - but she assured him Magasiva was getting counselling.

He also feared Magasiva could get angry and block him from seeing his daughter and granddaughter.

Mr Sadler said his daughter was putting on 'brave face' despite facing a difficult and frightening situation.

Magasiva rose to fame playing Shane Clarke, the Red Wind Ranger in Power Rangers Ninja Storm (pictured, centre)

The worried father said the actor had smashed her phones and punched holes in walls and doors.

He recalled how her daughter Laylah told him about one incident of violence over breakfast earlier this year, demonstrating how he had put his hands around her nick and strangled her.

About the phone call where he learnt the actor was dead, he commented: 'I knew this could be the phone call I had been dreading only this time he had taken his life after yet another attempt to end my daughter's.'

Just 15 days earlier, a court sentenced him to six months' supervision and 70 hours of community work for assaulting his wife.

His first wife, Kourtney Ngaamo, later applied for a suppression order to keep his name from the public.

That order lifted on Wednesday.

On the night he took his own life, he had beaten his wife so badly she was rushed to hospital.

The actor had been convicted of drink driving three times, the latest occurring after an argument with his wife at a children's Halloween party in October 2017.