John Mark Bidois

During a confrontation between rival gangs in Wickham Place, John was run over by a Bedford truck and killed. Mongrel Mob and Black Power gang members had been drinking at the Tauranga Hotel and then at Whetu Marae in Welcome Bay. When both groups drove away they started to abuse each other before pulling over and confronting each other. Joseph Hohepa Thompson, aged 23, was found guilty of the manslaughter of John Mark Bidois in Tauranga on 6 December 1980. Source: Tauranga Murders by Debbie McCauley.