Police are still searching for those involved in a brawl outside a Napier restaurant

Locals say Black Power members armed themselves with golf clubs and other impromptu weapons before the troubled flared up yesterday afternoon.

Their target was a group of about 30 Mongrel Mob members, who'd been eating at a restaurant on Gloucester Street around 1pm.

The gangs then faced off outside in the street.

One person's recovering in hospital in a stable condition.