Richard Collins and Esther Corlett on trial over death of Mongrel Mob Barbarians president Steven Taiatini

Open Justice reporter - Tauranga·NZ Herald·9 Nov, 2026 06:00 AM6 mins to read‌Richard David Collins and Esther Corlett are charged with the murder of Steven Taiatini (inset), who died after being struck by a vehicle in Ōpōtiki on June 9, 2023. The Crown says a Black Power member and his girlfriend left a Mongrel Mob president “bruised, bleeding, and broken on the side of the road”, and then “set about trying to cover up the murder”. That’s what Crown prosecutor Molly Tutton-Harris told a jury in the High Court at Rotorua