A police officer has been caught on video trying to punch a man in the face, as he’s being restrained by officers.

The incident happened at Toa Samoa fan zone on Bairds Road in Auckland early Sunday morning.

The video posted on social media, shows police officers trying to restrain and arrest a man.

One officer tries to punch the man in his face but misses.

A woman, off camera. can be heard yelling “Don’t do that.”

The man is then taken away by four police officers.

Counties Manukau District Commander Jill Rogers said “Images and videos often do not provide the full context of the situation Police staff are facing.

However, in this case, we acknowledge some of the behaviour shown falls below the standards we would expect from our officers.

We will be following this up with the staff involved and working to understand the full circumstances of what has occurred.”