One of the two men accused of attempting to kill Kahu Vincent has now been named.
He is Leon Terence Rowles (34), of Wanaka.
His co-accused, a 39-year-old Wanaka man, applied for interim name suppression to continue, in the High Court at Invercargill on Thursday.
Justice Gerald Nation is yet to release his decision on the application.
Mr Vincent's father, Hemi, told the Otago Daily Times the family was focusing on his son's recovery, rather than the court process.
His son had been moved from Dunedin Hospital to a rehabilitation ward at Wakari Hospital, also in Dunedin, and was expected to return to Wanaka on July 21, where specialists would continue to help with his recovery at home, Mr Vincent said.
''Kahu's doing amazingly well. He has just improved so much, it's unbelievable.
'' ... Our focus is on Kahu and keeping it positive for him. That's what has got us through so far.
''The system will do what it has to do. At the end of the day, we're just lucky to have him back.''
His son's partner, Jade Makuru, had been ''the rock behind Kahu'', Mr Vincent said, and had been ''a huge part of his recovery - nonstop 24/7''.
Mr Vincent said his son's progress meant he had finally felt able to leave his hospital bedside in Dunedin and return home to Motueka and to work.
Rowles and his co-accused have been in custody in Invercargill since they were charged after the assault on Mr Vincent in Wanaka's Night'n Day store about 3.15am on May 9.
The 28-year-old father of two young children suffered serious head and upper body injuries in the attack.
At this stage Rowles is charged with attempted murder, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated assault and two counts of theft.
The 39-year-old man is also charged with attempted murder, wounding with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, aggravated assault, theft and two counts of perverting the course of justice.
The police said he pretended to be his co-accused's lawyer on the phone to them, and also threatened to kill a man if that man spoke to the police.
The men, who are both New Zealanders, have not yet entered a plea.
Rowles' lawyer, Fiona Guy Kidd, of Invercargill, declined to say what her client's occupation was.