PM defends essential worker exemption for gang boss
Speaking to Radio Hauraki, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern defends the essential worker exemption given to gang boss Sonny Fatupaito. Video / Radio Hauraki
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PM defends essential worker exemption for Mob boss
Sonny Fatupaito, the Mongrel Mob's Waikato chapter president, was given the exemption.
Opinion: Why we need gangs on board for the Covid fight
OPINION: Academic and author Jarrod Gilbert on gangs and Covid.
Avondale homicide: Man charged following fatal shooting
A woman has also been charged with accessory after the fact of murder.
Focus: Huge crowd in Grey Lynn for Head Hunters gang member funeral
More than 300 mourners attended the funeral of Taranaki "Ardie" Fuimaono, a Head Hunters gang member who died shortly after being taken into police custody almost a week ago.
Guns and drugs found after gang member allegedly 'hid in back of truck' to flee Auckland lockdown
Meth and 3D printed gun parts found after Auckland gangster slipped past lockdown border.
Watch: 'Complete carnage' - gang members' hearse burnouts, flout level 3 funeral rules
"A hearse drove past with 50 full cars behind it."
How the Covid-19 response can better support marginalised communities
Emerging positive cases have been linked to transitional housing tenants and gangs.
Gang riot: At least 100 dead in Ecuador prison
Ecuadorian officials say the death toll from a gang battle in jail risen to more than 100.
Plan to take fall for fellow Mongrel Mob member backfires
Seventeen months added to prison term - and his fellow Mobster was still convicted.
Hells Angels prospect infected, third gang impacted by Covid
The man is a prospect for Hells Angels, Brentwood Ave.
Rising gang tensions blamed for jump in gun crime
There has been a 49 per cent increase in injuries recorded as a result of firearms.
Gang members caught at Auckland border with $100,000 - and 'car boot-full of KFC'
The men, aged 23 and 30, will appear in court for breaching the Health Order.
Jarrod Gilbert: Prison doesn't usually offer hope. Why this unit is different
Imagine living in lockdown for six years and no tech. How would you adapt to life outside?
Focus: Operation Tauwhiro crackdown on organised crime, gangs
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster announced almost 1000 firearms and $5m in cash has been seized with 800 people arrested in Operation Tauwhiro. Video / Marty Melville
Police seize almost 1000 guns, $5m in organised crime crackdown
Operation Tauwhiro has been extended for a further six months, targeting organised crime.
Judge rejects Mob meth rehab programme as basis for reducing sentence
'One entity dominates the methamphetamine trade in Hawke's Bay ... the Mongrel Mob.'
Editorial: Ardern's Mob rehab funding signoff - how a $2.75m mistake was made
OPINION: We shouldn't fear giving money to the Mob. But the PM's eyes weren't 'wide open'.
Nearly $700k forfeited to the Crown following Mongrel Mob P probe
It follows a 2017 Police investigation into selling and supplying methamphetamine.
Gang members moved on from whitebaiting spot
Gang members have been trespassed from the best whitebaiting spot on the Grey River.
'This is our suburb': Residents fight for a say on transitional housing plan
Residents are mounting a fight to be notified about the Wylie Court consent process.
'They are genuine': Participants of Mongrel Mob-led rehab are getting clean
"When the change is coming from those guys themselves, it's really powerful."
Senior Mexican cartel member caught in sting for smuggling drugs to NZ
Meth sent to NZ part of global investigation into high-ranking member of dangerous cartel.
Crime in the City: Auckland's businesses implore Govt to act
Crime in Auckland's CBD has jumped and businesses are feeling the pinch.
Outlaw's leader's death: A year's wait for Napier murder trial
Two men charged with murder have been remanded for a trial next July.
Mongrel Mob member sentenced for threatening to kill National MP
Simeon Brown has clashed with the Waikato Mongrel Mob at select committee.
Mexican drug cartel threatens to kill TV anchor over 'unfair' coverage
Mexico's president has vowed to protect one of the country's best known anchors.
Teuila Fuatai: Debate over arming police misses the problem
OPINION: Getting to the root of violence must come first.
Jarrod Gilbert: Why we should have our fingerprints all over a gun register
Cars are registered, in the EU cows are registered, it's no big ask to register firearms.
Ōtāhuhu gang-related incident: One seriously injured
Police and emergency services have been called to Fort Richard Rd in Ōtāhuhu.
Gang tensions: Police investigate shooting of two Head Hunters
Gang members taken to hospital, innocent woman caught in crossfire of separate gang war.
Taking back the streets: Meet the South Aucklanders standing up to violence
Can chess clubs, barbecues and cultural dance save youth from gangs?
'Firearms, gangs and drugs': Meth and black market gun dealer sent to jail
Illegal firearms dealer Gordon Mark McRae was sentenced in Rotorua District Court today.
Revealed: Comancheros gang's special prison wing at Mt Eden
More than 30 members of the gang are being held in the remand prison's "Charlie" unit