Smoke and the sound of burnouts filled the air in a central Auckland suburb on Friday as hundreds of patched gang members turned out to farewell a senior Head Hunters member.
On bikes and by foot they spilled out onto the street, blockading a major arterial route into the city, forcing buses to divert and causing major disruption.
They were out in force for the funeral of Taranaki Fuimaono who died in police custody last weekend.
Police put cordons in place to manage the congestion around a church in Grey Lynn, and the eagle helicopter tracked the procession as it travelled through the city.
Jean Bell reports.
