Police descend on tangi for senior Mongrel Mob member

Checkpoint

Dozens of officers and a police helicopter descended on the Bay of Plenty for the tangi of senior Mongrel Mob member in the most significant test of the new gang patch legislation. In a social media video a furious local Kuia, Ngareta Timutimu called out officers for setting up outside a wahi tapu site, her ancestrial urupa or burial ground, saying their presence was disrespectful and there was no consultation. Bay of Plenty District Commander Superintendent Tim Anderson spoke to Lisa Owen.