A Hamilton woman's attempt to help out a prisoner in need of new underpants failed after authorities rejected the garments because of their colour scheme.

Drug-sniffer beagles could soon be used at domestic airports and ferry terminals as part of a plan to intercept drug shipments and large amounts of cash moved by gangs.

The Government is proposing increased surveillance of gang members as part of a raft of new measures to tackle gang-related crime.

A father excluded from his son's school camp because he was an active gang member says he's overwhelmed by the nation's response to the decision.

A Whakatane gang member is upset he has been told by his son's school he can no longer be a parent helper at his son's school camp.

The Government is using money seized from drug bosses' assets to pay for 10 extra police investigators to fight organised crime and drug syndicates.

Lorne St doesn't really come alive until after midday. There are some coffee joints and a nail bar or two, and an art gallery.

A man who died during a visit to his parents' grave on Mother's Day was a former soldier, truck driver, father of four - and one of the original King Cobras gang members.

Police are willing to enter talks with the two biggest gangs in the country about turning their backs on crime as Black Power and Mongrel Mob leaders meet to broker a peace plan.

Two Dunedin gangs - once at war - have come together to ask Dunedin's council to give them a contract mowing the city's grass.

Detectives investigating an alleged drug ring led by senior Head Hunter gang members have released a list of aliases believed to be used by the group.

If there is a Business Roundtable of crime in New Zealand, the Head Hunters are it.

Dozens of fake driving licences and a false passport were allegedly used by a drug ring to hide luxury cars, millions of dollars in cash, firearms and property.

Mauha Fawcett was smoking cannabis at eight, using meth at 14, and participated in the "gangland execution'' of Mellory Manning to earn his gang patch at 21.

Massive corruption involving union officials, businesses, organised crime figures and bikies has been alleged in the Australian construction industry.

'The gang scene throughout NZ is on an upswing,' warns a gang expert who also says bikie groups are expanding into areas of the country they've not been before.

Secret networks of Freemasons have been used by organised crime gangs to corrupt the criminal justice system, according to a bombshell Metropolitan Police report.

A teenage girl’s glasses saved her life when they incredibly deflected a bullet that would have hit her in the head in a US drive-by shooting.

A man who strangled his partner in the back of a van near Nelson while her 5-year-old daughter sat in the front seat has been sentenced to at least 15 years in prison.

A policeman sitting in his car with his family warned a gang member not to do anything stupid moments before being punched in the head.

Australia yesterday stepped up its war against outlaw motorcycle gangs, launching a new federal-state strike team in Victoria.

The Queensland Government's plan to lock up criminal bikies in a super jail could lead to more crime, critics warn.