The Bandido Motorcycle Club is modelled on Mexican bandits who lived by their own rules.

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit

As a gang member held a knife to his throat, Jarrod Gilbert wondered if he was about to die.

More than $435 million worth of property, cars, cash and other assets has been frozen in New Zealand under a contentious law used

A 45-year-old Bay of Plenty man who first tried P aged 26 says the Bay scene is "the worst its ever been", with meth "easier to score than cannabis.

Police are promising "new information" on the Police Ten 7 show tomorrow night about the disappearance of Levin man Palmira Macdonald.

Suspected gang members raided serial burglar Luke Reich's home looking for stolen firearms while he was on remand in jail, The Star can reveal.

A police officer has been shot in the head after he took a wrong turn and entered a slum run by drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro.

A public tip-off to police days after the fatal shooting of George Taiaroa suggested a gang may have been involved in the stop-go operator's death.

Judith Collins' decision to suspend Ngapari Nui's voluntary work in Whanganui Prison could have far-reaching consequences, crime and

Police are on the lookout for a patched Hells Angels gang member.

A gang member was able to legally buy 18 high-powered firearms before police cottoned on - and now the cache has vanished.

Police said they were "keeping an open mind" about Palmiro MacDonald's disappearance.

I came to the Black Power as an act of community service.

A New Zealand criminologist says this country's "well-established" Asian gangs are usually tight-lipped about crime because they are fiercely loyal to each other.

Mike Hosking says gangs are a massive, multi-generational problem that are dangerously close to being in the 'too hard' basket.

Queensland police fear a fresh outbreak of violence on the Glitter Strip after the Mongrel Mob launched a Gold Coast chapter.

COMMENT: The police have been deemed me unfit to undertake crime research because I know criminals, writes Dr Jarrod Gilbert.

Whanganui could be inundated with Black Power members this weekend, as gang associates arrive for the city chapter leader's tangi.

An estimated 400 Mongrel Mob members will descend on a paddock in Te Aute today to celebrate the gang's 50th anniversary.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

A high-profile lawyer has rubbished Queensland's anti-bikie laws, saying they are totally useless and nothing more than a political stunt.

An increasing number of at-risk prisoners are being put in segregation.

A group of Mongrel Mob members have been jailed for at least four years as a judge rejected the explanation they were performing a community service.

Bail has been denied for a 56-year-old man arrested after a drug bust linked to the Head Hunters gang.

Fears government systems and services have been turned to the gang's purposes.

The focus of a major police operation to seize $4m in cars, cash and property, but who are the Head Hunters?

Police will not fight a judge's decision to throw out criminal charges against gangsters after a botched undercover investigation.

A Mongrel Mob gang member who ran down and killed a police officer in a stolen car has been denied parole.