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The Mongrel Mob, also known as the Mighty Mongrel Mob or simply 'the Mob,' is a prominent organised crime group and prison gang based in New Zealand. With over thirty chapters across the country and additional operations in Australia and Canada, it is the largest gang in New Zealand. As of 2024, the Mob is the largest gang in New Zealand. [3]
According to the 2007 book Gangs by English journalist Ross Kemp, New Zealand had more gangs per head than any other country in the world, [23] with about seventy major gangs and over 4,000 patched members [1] in a population of 4 million people. In 2019 the Police recorded 6,500 patched or prospective gang members in the country, with the ten ...
In 1967, members of the Head Hunters gang engaged in a brawl against then-rivals the Black Power. [18] In August 1983, Head Hunters West Auckland members, Dave Smith and Jason Ruka, were charged with murdering rival-gang, Highway 61, member Steven Bliss, who died after being stabbed nine times at a party. The charges were eventually dropped ...
Ross Kemp on Gangs is a documentary series that was broadcast on Sky 1 from 21 September 2004, until 6 January 2009. [1] Hosted by actor Ross Kemp, the series follows Kemp and a film crew around the world as they interview members of gangs, locals who have been affected by gang violence, and the authorities who are attempting to combat the problem.
In 2003, members of the King Cobras ran a large methamphetamine ring along with the Head Hunters in one of Aucklands biggest drug cases. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The King Cobras have been involved in several murder cases, including that of a 15-year-old boy, [ 13 ] and the shooting of a rival gang member, as part of a membership process.
In 1997, tensions heated up with the Highway 61 gang and resulted in the murder of Nomad Malcom Munns. [2] In 2009, Nomads founder and President Dennis Hines died. [3] He is the brother of senior Head Hunters member, William Hines. [3] He was imprisoned on a count of nearly 100 criminal convictions. [4] The gang had 103 members in prison in ...
The tenth and final season of New Zealand reality television series The Block NZ, titled The Block NZ: Redemption, premiered on 18 July 2022. It is set in the Auckland suburb of Orewa. The judges are Shelley Ferguson and Jason Bonham. The host is Mark Richardson and the site foreman is Peter Wolfkamp.