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Mongrel Mob members

In 1990 Dunedin Mongrel Mob members gather at the grave of fellow member Moanaroa Kidwell, who died of a drug overdose in 1986 aged 20. The mobster on the left pours him a beer. 'Skumdog' is a term for a fellow member. Moanaroa had been depatched just days before his death after several warnings for his abuse of hard drugs.

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Greg Newbold and Rāwiri Taonui, Gangs – Māori gangs and Pacific youth gangs, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28247/mongrel-mob-members (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Greg Newbold and Rāwiri Taonui, published 30 March 2011, reviewed and revised 2 October 2018 with assistance from Jarrod Gilbert, updated 1 April 2020.