Gangs
Mediawatch for 8 May 2022
Headlines about youth crime surging and ramraids distort true picture; a warning from history over gangs-and-guns coverage; top TV cop show back after racial stereotyping review. Audio
The Weekend Panel with Bernard Hickey and Ruth Money
Joining us on the Panel this morning are Bernard Hickey and Ruth Money. Among other issues, they discuss the situation in Ukraine, National moving ahead of Labour in the polls, and the rising price of… Audio
How biometrics can be a force for good and ill
Leading forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black steadfastly refuses to use her fingerprints to open things like her phone, but she is supportive of a future where biometrics can unlock… Audio
How biometrics can be a force for good and ill
Leading forensic anthropologist Professor Dame Sue Black steadfastly refuses to use her fingerprints to open things like her phone, but she is supportive of a future where biometrics can unlock… Audio
501 deportees to blame for escalating gang violence - expert
A gang expert says the police may need to monitor gangs "extremely heavily" - or get them in a room together - in a bid to quash any tit for tat violence that may be brewing.
There are growing… Audio
Communities hit hard by violence
Three police officers shot yesterday in West Auckland and another hit by a fleeing car.
Violence in parts of the city seems to be rising - the police union is raising concerns about gang violence… Audio
ACT's proposed gang policies 'shortsighted' - Māori Party
The ACT party is being accused of dog whistle politics and separatism after releasing its latest policies, aimed at reducing gang-related crime. Audio
ACT's gang policy 'absurd' - Denis O'Reilly
The ACT Party is being accused of dog whistle politics and separatism with its latest policies aimed at reducing gang-related crime.
The party released its law and order policy document in Wellington… Audio
Extra police in Wairoa after rising gang violence, shootings
Whānau are being urged to report whoever is behind a spree of gang related shootings in Wairoa, with police saying a line's been crossed and children put in serious danger.
Extra officers have been… Video, Audio
The Weekend Panel with Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin
Joining us on the Panel are Penny Ashton and Tim Watkin. They discuss Ronaldo's snubbing of Coke, the idea of the America's Cup being staged outside of New Zealand, and the police's handling of the… Audio
Auckland roads closed for gang member's funeral
Roads are closed after more than a hundred gang members from the Head Hunters, Rebels, Comancheros and King Cobras arrived in cars and motorbikes at St Joseph's Catholic Church in Grey Lynn this… Audio
Drug bust: Head knocked off importing beast - Gilbert
The head has been knocked off a drug importing beast. That's the take of a gang expert, after New Zealand police carried out raids across the North Island as part of an international sting led by the… Video, Audio
Govt to ban 'high risk' people from having firearms
The government has unveiled its plan to tackle rising gun violence among gangs, by banning 'high risk' people from having firearms.
Any gang members who appear before the courts will come under the… Audio
Ray Berard on gangs, gambling and his novel-turned-TV show
Ray Berard followed his partner to New Zealand, ending up working first in the horse industry and then at the TAB - supervising fifty gambling outlets. What he witnessed working in the gambling… Audio
Committees of light, and of heat
Parliament hears from hundreds of public submitters each week but some stand out a little, like the Mongrel-Mob Kingdom, from Waikato. Video, Audio
Committees of light, and of heat
Parliament hears from hundreds of public submitters each week but some stand out a little, like the Mongrel-Mob Kingdom, from Waikato.
Video, AudioTense select committee for National MPs, Mongrel Mob representative
There were fiery clashes at Parliament today, as the Mongrel Mob gave a submission on a proposed firearms control law.
MPs are mulling National MP Simeon Brown's bill which seeks to give police… Audio
The Weekend Panel with Chris Wikaira and Brigitte Morten
Our Sunday panelists discuss the Covid-19 situation in New Zealand, whether domestic travel is the backbone of our travel industry, and whether we should be funding an America's Cup that is not held… Audio
Police to crack down on gangs under Operation Tauwhiro
Police are cracking down on gangs, with the launch of a nationwide operation to disrupt and prevent firearms-related gang violence.
Operation Tauwhiro is a long-term co-ordinated operation focusing… Audio
Lifting the lid on the rise and rise of organised crime in NZ
In his new book, Gangland, investigative reporter Jared Savage explores the country's growing underbelly of organised crime and violent gangs, paying particular attention to the constantly-growing… Audio