New Zealand's toughest gang mourns its leader: Black Power soldiers perform a haka and fly flags to farewell president Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon - and even rival Mongrel Mob gangsters attend to show their respect
Moving footage shows the funeral of gang president Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon
The Black Power leader died in early October and his funeral was this week Mourners clad in Black Power leather jackets hung out car windows waving flags As the casket left the reception, bikies launched into a gut-wrenching haka
By CHARLOTTE KARP FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

PUBLISHED: 00:04 EDT, 22 October 2020 | UPDATED: 00:24 EDT, 22 October 2020

New Zealand's notorious Black Power gang have released terrifying footage of the funeral of their national president.

Powerful videos from the memorial service showed hundreds of members in gang colours performing a haka and flying to farewell Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon, who died in early October.

Black Power members could be seen making their gang salute to farewell the late boss in Tokoroa, south of Auckland earlier this week.

The videos offer a rare glimpse into how a senior gangster is laid to rest in New Zealand, and showed mourners from rival gang Mongrel Mob paying their respects.

Whenu 'Sarge' McKinnon (pictured) died in early October. His funeral was held in New Zealand

While Black Power and the Mongrel Mob share a violent criminal rivalry extending back to the 1960s, McKinnon helped calm relations between the warring gangs in 2018.

'I no longer see the Mongrel Mob as my enemy. I see you fullas as my brothers,' he said at the time, according to the New Zealand Herald.

At McKinnon's funeral mourners clad in Black Power leather jackets hung out car windows waving flags donning the gang's signature fist logo.

As the casket was carried out of the reception and down a corridor of people, grieving members launched into a gut-wrenching haka.

Mourners clad in Black Power leather jackets (pictured) hung out car windows waving flags donning the gang's signature fist logo

As the casket was carried out of the reception and down a corridor of people, grieving members launched into a gut-wrenching haka (pictured)
As the casket was carried out of the reception and down a corridor of people, grieving members launched into a gut-wrenching haka (pictured)

The coffin was then taken to a marae, a carved structure for important tribal events in Maori culture, where friends and family could pay their respect before a party continued into the evening.

Black Power on Harley Davidsons lined the streets doing burnouts the following day as McKinnon was taken to his final resting place.

Cars festooned with photos of the late leader made their way down the street.

The publication reported that the funeral represented a shift in gang culture, as the two rivals groups mourned together peacefully.

McKinnon left behind his partner Robyn and their son, Tangaroa.

The publication reported that the funeral represented a shift in gang culture, as the two rivals collided peacefully (funeral pictured)

While the groups share a horrific history of violence and drug trafficking extending back to the 1960s, McKinnon (pictured) was a driving force to unite them in 2018

Who are the bikie gangs of New Zealand?
Gangs in New Zealand have been blasted as a severe social problem, with reports of violent brawls, murders and rapes sparking fear in local communities, since the 1960s.

The three largest gangs are Black Power, the Mongrel Mob, and the Nomads - and there is fierce rivalry between them.

The groups first formed in the 1950s and by the 1960s even the country’s then prime minister, Rob Muldoon, had partied at a Black Power residence.

Muldoon formed a close bond with Black Power, encouraging them to form work trusts and assisting them to find accommodation.

A 'Maori urban drift' in the 1960s and the rapid immigration of Pacific Peoples in the 1970s is said to have bolstered their membership - joining a gang was often seen as a solution to the problems people faced.

By the 1970s, the gangs had turned further towards organised crime and now they have stringent codes against outsiders.

As well as donning menacing face tattoos, some of the Mongrel Mobs, for example, use reviled Nazi symbols as an act of rebellion towards authority.

The gangs are influenced by their American counterparts, such as Hell’s Angels, but also have their own unique codes.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8865925/Gangsters-perform-haka-fly-flags-join-rival-gangs-remember-Whenu-Sarge-McKinnon.html
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Most of the comments in the comments section are negative. Looked on the WWW but couldn't find any mention of how the guy died. There are no Black ppl in the video.

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