Councillor with Mongrel Mob past praises police in Ōpōtiki
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Amid tensions around the gang presence in Ōpōtiki this week, a neighbouring District Councillor is praising how police handled the situation. Sections of Ōpōtiki were shut down for the tangi of Steven Taiatini, the president of the Mongrel Mob Barbarians club. That included closures of schools and roads, as hundreds of patched gang members arrived … [Read more…]