Siren kings

Siren kings are members of a primarily Pasifika underground youth subculture, originating in South Auckland, which gained popularity in the mid-2010s. The siren scene involves competitions where crews compete for the loudest and clearest sound produced by sirens (loudspeakers or public address systems) stolen from schools, tsunami risk zones and industrial sites, then attached to cars or bicycles, to win the title of siren king. Māngere is considered to be the birthplace of the siren king culture, with the Te Atatū Peninsula a bastion in West Auckland. The subculture exists mostly within Auckland but has also spread to Metropolitan Wellington, within its heavily Pasifika district of Porirua.