The Mongrel Mob's 50th anniversary in Porirua this weekend has some residents worried, less than two weeks after a tangi prompted calls for all attendees to get tested for Covid.
Last week a gang-led tangi passed through Porirua suburbs, finishing at Whenua Tapu Cemetery in Pukerua Bay, leading to 27 infringement notices and four arrests.
Health authorities later called for anyone involved in the tangi to get tested for Covid-19, as a person who tested positive in Auckland the previous month had reportedly travelled to Porirua to attend the tangi.
Although the Ministry had assessed the health risk as low, Porirua mayor Anita Baker said residents had been worried at this news and local testing sites had remained open longer as a result.
"I heard from a few people that they were extremely upset about this and the fact that someone had possibly travelled when they shouldn't," she said.