Emotional videos from the funeral of unruly British traveller James Anthony Nolan have been shared on social media.
Nolan, who led a group of British travellers around Aotearoa and caused chaos three summers ago, died at aged 29 earlier this month.
Nolan's sister, Isabella Nolan, shared videos and pictures of her brother's funeral on Facebook. His casket was led through southwest London streets by horses towing a silver carriage.
One video shows mourners dressed in blue surrounding a large moving van with screens on its sides that displayed photos of Nolan.
Another video captured the horses and silver carriage carrying Nolan's casket arriving at the cemetery, followed by a separate video showing pallbearers carrying Nolan's coffin to his grave.
"Go on Jimmy, go on, go on Jimmy," can be heard as Nolan's silver coffin is carried to his burial site.
Others shared their condolences, with many commenting "RIP" on Nolan's sister's Facebook post.
"R.I.P Jimmy," one read.
"Always in my heart my cousin."
"Love and miss you so much my cuzin (sic)," wrote another.
Three days after Nolan died, Isabella paid tribute to her brother on Facebook.
"By beautiful baby brother how in the name of god are we going to live life without him and his children family and wife (sic)."
In the summer of 2019, Nolan and his family copped the names "unruly tourists" after they caused a ruckus whilst travelling the North Island.
The group was first spotted abusing people and littering at Auckland's Takapuna beach before they went on to cause havoc across the North Island.
They destroyed hotels, put ants in their meals to avoid paying for them and stole Red Bulls from petrol stations.
A petition was made to get them deported which 10,000 people signed and the group was given a deportation notice outside a Burger King in Hamilton.
Nolan was charged with multiple crimes including reckless driving and assault using a car.
He failed to appear in court on multiple occasions and even managed to escape New Zealand after using a passport that wasn't his at Auckland airport.
At the time Customs said Nolan, "deliberately circumvented border controls by using a valid passport that was not his own".
"He used an eGate which uses biometric data to match and confirm the identity of a passenger.
"The eGate identified further checks were needed on the passport. The image was automatically sent to a Customs officer, who incorrectly identified Nolan as the passport owner."
In 2021, the "unruly tourists" saga was made into an opera.
