Rotorua police are on alert with more than 200 Mongrel Mob members in town today for the tangi of patched member Rex Maney.
Rex Te Meihana Maney died last Wednesday surrounded by loved ones and was buried at Pikirangi Marae, Rotokawa, Rotorua.
Acting Rotorua area commander Inspector Phil Taikato said about 200 members had congregated in Rotorua for Maney's tangi this morning but police were not expecting them to stay.
Taikato said police were not originally sure of the numbers expected at the tangi but he was aware members would come as he had been communicating with leaders.
"As area commander for Rotorua, I've had to have conversations with the leaders . . . [Mongrel Mob members] have been nothing but exemplary on the marae, they've respected tikanga," he said.