New Zealand Mongrel Mob leader given essential worker exemption to help boost Covid tests
by Eva Corlett in Wellington from Science | The Guardian on (#5QCVW)
Head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter Sonny Fatupaito was asked to encourage gang members and their families to get tested
New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern has endorsed granting a Mongrel Mob leader special exemption to cross Auckland's border so he could help minimise Covid-19 spread in hard to reach communities.
The head of the Waikato Mongrel Mob chapter, Sonny Fatupaito, was given essential worker status, which enabled him to enter Auckland last weekend, while the city was under level three lockdown, with a border in place.
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