Video / Mark MitchellThe man behind a controversial $2.75 million Mongrel Mob-led drug rehab programme has a message for his critics: "Jacinda seems to trust me. Kahukura turned into a political football after Hawke's Bay Today revealed the programme for Mongrel Mob members had received nearly $3m from the Proceeds of Crime Fund. The programme is based at Tapairu Marae, outside of Waipawa and involves Sonny Smith, a Mongrel Mob leader who lives in the area, and his wife Mahinaarangi Smith. Harry Tam, the man behind a controversial $2.75m meth rehab programme in Central Hawke's Bay. "A lot of our people don't trust people … and if you look into their backgrounds they've got good reasons not to trust authority.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 17, 2021 23:03 UTC