UpdatedCraig KapitanSenior Multimedia Journalist·NZ Herald·28 May, 2026 10:58 PM5 mins to readNew Zealand’s gang culture began in the 1950’s, echoing street gangs in the US and UK.
Motion graphic \ Paul SlaterA 29-year-old with 55 prior convictions said he had been high on methamphetamine and hadn’t slept in two days when he brutally attacked a stranger, stomping his head after he fell unconscious and running him over.
The confrontation seemed to be over a Black Power patch, although Siaosi Meleisea
