An Auckland councillor says truce talks between the Killer Beez and Tribesmen gangs have not begun as the current turf war continues.
Auckland has seen a spate of shootings over the last few weeks with a house in Clover Park on Monday, the latest to be left with multiple bullet holes.
Manukau Ward councillor Alf Filipaina said he had put his name forward to help broker a truce between the two gangs.
"The Tribesmen and Killer Beez are not willing at this stage to talk," Filipaina told AM co-host Ryan Bridge.
"I've put my name out there with some of the community leaders who brokered the truce a few years ago, so I'm just waiting to get a call along with many other people to try to broker a truce."
The ongoing gang turf war links back to the shooting of Killer Beez boss Josh Masters in 2019 by his friend Tribesmen enforcer Okusitino Tae, paralysing Masters and souring the gangs' relations.
Bridge asked Filipaina why the two gangs aren't willing to sit down and negotiate a truce.
"I think it's the amount of shootings that happened and the retaliation that's currently happening," Filipaina said.
"I don't know if it's the younger members of the respected gangs that are now trying to say no, it's time to draw the line in the sand.
"It's a matter of still keeping that dialogue open saying 'hey, let's talk', and we need to, to keep our community safe."
Filipaina has been a vocal voice during the current turf war and has previously called on the two gangs to come to a truce.
"[It's about] their turf, the ground they're at and as always they're always looking at selling and pushing drugs and everything else so it's about the patch they're in.
"They [locals] are scared and I don't blame them. That's why we need a community approach but more importantly for me, we need to get the family members of those people, the gang members who have preferred to carry the firearms and use them, get them off the streets - it's so important."
Watch the full interview with Alf Filipaina above.
