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Gangs in New Zealand; References External links "Identified gangs". Gangs Act 2024. New Zealand Government; This page was last edited on 22 January 2025, at 20:28 ...
Organised crime gangs such as those that currently dominate in New Zealand mostly date from the 1970s. The Police named the three most prominent "New Zealand gangs" as Black Power, the Mongrel Mob, and the Nomads, as of 2007. [2] Examples of local street gangs in 2007 were the Junior Don Kings (JDK) and Dope Money Sex (DMS) of Auckland. [5]
The gang began with a group of mainly New Zealand European youths from Wellington and Hawke's Bay in the 1960s. Legend within the gang holds that the name originated from the comments of a judge in the Hastings District Court, who referred to a group of men before him as mongrels. [1] [7] Whatever the origin, the group embraced the term.
The King Cobras were founded by Samoans in Ponsonby sometime in the 1950s, making them the oldest gang in New Zealand. [3] Initially, it was restricted to Samoans, but has since accepted other Polynesians. [3] The King Cobras have had a presence across South, Central, [4] North [5] and West Auckland, [6] Hutt Valley, Wellington, [7] Dunedin [8 ...
The Gangs Act 2024 is an omnibus bill that seeks to reduce the harmful behaviours caused by criminal gangs and to disincentivise gang membership. It makes displaying gang patches a criminal offence, creates new dispersal powers to stop gang members for gathering in a public area for seven days and create a new non-consorting order which bans specified gang offenders from consorting with each ...
The 2017 Financial Statements, of the incorporated portion of the organisation, lodged with the New Zealand Societies Office stated the total assets to be $106,630. The assets listed included a property, 7 Centennial Park Road, Wellsford. A search of the property shows clear Head Hunters New Zealand imagery and symbolism.
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 Killer Beez were founded in 2003 by then-Vice President of the Tribesmen New Zealand, Josh Masters, as a feeder gang for the Tribesmen. The main purpose of the Killer Beez was to build soldiers for the Tribesmen Motorcycle Club. Most Killer Beez would eventually become fully fledged members of the Tribesmen ranks.