Hundreds of gang members on motorbikes have travelled from Ōpōtiki to Whakatāne for the cremation of a prominent gang leader.
Steven Taiatini died on Friday in Ōpōtiki, and his death is being investigated as a homocide.
A hundred additional police have been deployed in the Eastern Bay of Plenty.
RNZ reporter Finn Blackwell spoke to Jimmy Ellingham from Whakatāne.
