Wairoa deserves better : Town over it as police arm up after gang shootings
26 Jan, 2021 11:26 PM
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The picturesque Wairoa on an awesome day, without the shootings. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
Shootings in Wairoa have prompted an urgent telephone conference between police, community and agency leaders in Wairoa in a bid to find answers to decades-long, often-armed gang-based conflict in the area.
But, revealing the meeting took place late yesterday, Gisborne-based police Tairawhiti (Gisborne, East Coast and Wairoa) area manager Inspector Sam Aberahama said there are incidents and details police are not being told about.
He said it s all about red and blue – sometimes within a family and sometimes intra gangs rather than between gangs.