{"id":180800,"date":"2025-12-12T21:05:14","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:05:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/180800\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T21:05:14","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:05:14","slug":"gang-gathering-prompts-increased-police-for-napier-this-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/180800\/","title":{"rendered":"Gang gathering prompts increased police for Napier this weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/4LDWYGN_MicrosoftTeams_image_55_png\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Police in Wellington. Generic image\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nPhoto: RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver\n<\/p>\n<p>Police say there will be an increased presence in Napier this weekend with gang members expected to attend the unveiling of a headstone and a later gathering.<\/p>\n<p>A large number of people were expected at the Wharerangi Lawn Cemetery off Cato Road in Poraiti at 1pm on Saturday and at a later h\u0101kari at a local marae.<\/p>\n<p>Hawke&#8217;s Bay Area Commander Inspector Lincoln Sycamore said gang members would be among people travelling from outside Hawke&#8217;s Bay to pay their respects.<\/p>\n<p>He said police would be taking a firm stance on any breaches of the Gangs Act, poor driving or disorder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;At the heart of this gathering is a grieving family. Our goal is to reassure people, maintain a visible presence, keep the peace and ensure the safety of everyone,&#8221; Sycamore said.<\/p>\n<p>Sycamore urged anyone witnessing illegal behaviour to contact police.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/radionz.us6.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=211a938dcf3e634ba2427dde9&amp;id=b3d362e693\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up for Ng\u0101 Pitopito K\u014drero<\/a>, a daily newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo: RNZ \/ Angus Dreaver Police say there will be an increased presence in Napier this weekend with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2827,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-180800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=180800"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/180800\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=180800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=180800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=180800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}