Police are hunting Walter Reid Ngaau who has warrant to arrest for murder.

Mourners in Palmerston North set upon man and son in ute with gang signage, witnesses say.

The severity of the crimes being committed by youth in Christchurch is escalating.

While most enjoyed the festival, four videos of brawls at or around Polyfest have appeared online.

Kiwi rapper Scribe will spend the next month in a rehabilitation facility.

Footage has emerged of a group of males brawling, with two of them pushed onto a busy Auckland road.

Young Samoan gang members sent back to their home country from New Zealand in a bid to straighten them out, are instead starting gangs there.

The "most feared gang in the world" is "sacrificing" underage girls say US police.

In a shocking new development, a rhino has been slaughtered at a French zoo for its horn.

Want to know what patched gangs do for fun? This is it, writes sociologist Jarrod Gilbert.

Methamphetamine is the biggest driver of crime in 11 of the 12 police districts.

A US tattoo parlour has chosen to cover up gang-related tattoos for free.

Labour, Greens, Maori Party add weight to call for inquiry into claims of abuse of children in state care.

In Papakura, in Auckland's south, crime and gangs are a regular feature of many students' lives and can affect their education.

Guests at a wild party in an Airbnb rental were jumping fences and hiding in backyards to get away from a weapon-yielding gang that gatecrashed.

Keeping young people from a life of crime involves education and housing as well as police, Bill English tells Auckland crowd.

New Zealand's most notorious gang the Mongrel Mob is on a violent collision course with Australian outlaw bikie clubs after invading the Northern Territory.

COMMENT: I admit to appreciating the aesthetic of the punch that collected Spencer, but I recognise that as a guilty pleasure that mustn't be nurtured.

"Pop, pop, pop": A witness to an extraordinary gang clash on the streets of Whakatane has described how frightened motorists ran for their lives.

Police appeal for film of a funeral procession after shots were fired during a gang clash in Whakatane yesterday.

Police arrested multiple people after shots were fired at a Mongrel Mob member Tahu Kingi's funeral procession going from Kawerau to Whakatane.

A brawl between two rival gangs involving weapons broke out during a funeral procession in Whakatane yesterday.

Wanted man dodges police after removing electronic monitoring bracelet.

When Bailee Wilson-Yates was a child, her mother yanked her out of bed in the night, and they escaped their violent home.

A tourist strayed into a notorious slum in Rio de Janeiro and was shot dead by drug traffickers.

Jamie Pink has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing weapons.

Patched members and associates of the Head Hunters gang arrested in a series of armed raids across Christchurch this morning have appeared in court.

Armed bikies are posing for pictures in suburban streets as fears grow that a turf war will erupt between rival gangs staking a claim to the Gold Coast.

Waitemata Police have stopped prosecuting small-time P dealers. Does the Government agree?

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.