23 gang members in court

Twenty-three gang members will appear in Tauranga District Court today after altercations in the Tauranga area on Saturday.

Police said they were called to an altercation in suburban Matapihi about 11.30am involving a group of patched gang members and an individual from a rival gang.

The group left when police arrived. At 3pm, police responded to multiple calls from residents in Judea about a stand-off between two rival gangs outside a known gang address.

An altercation had taken place before police arrived.