| | Title | Author exposes 'ugly' gang culture. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 25 September 2008; p.7 | | Description | Cam Stokes, a Waitakere-based former policeman has written a novel on gangs, drugs and violence, called "The Devils are Here". It features police working at the Takapuna police station. Article includes a photograph of the author. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Bagsnatchers on the prowl. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 14 February 2006; p. 1 | | Description | Age Concern North Shore Chairwoman, Anne Frankland, who was a victim of the gang of bagsnatchers targeting older women, talks about her experience. Scott Cunningham comments. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Careful eye on gangs. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 28 November 2006; p. 1,2 | | Description | Police are closely watching the emergence of North Shore gangs calling themselves Bloods and Crips, which are based on violent rival Los Angeles drug gangs. | | View full record |
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| | Title | End drug gang fear call. | | Source of Article | New Zealand Herald, 02 November 1995; sec.1, p.19 | | Description | Buddy Ormsby of the Rangatira Community Trust wants people to speak out against crime and intimidation. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gang claims are rejected. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 22 August 2008; p.3 | | Description | Rangitoto College principal David Hodge has rejected claims by his predecessor Allan Peachey that Asian gangs operated within the school. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gang colours hit streets | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 14 March 2006; p. 1 | | Description | Interim Principal of Glenfield College, Peter Gall, discusses two recent events, involving the school. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gangs problem a 'minor issue'. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 16 February 2007; p. 9 | | Description | Community social worker, Peter Wolf, says that youth gangs are not such a major problem on the North Shore as the media has portrayed recently. He gives his opinions on who is attracted to gangs and why. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Gangs seek Shore recruits. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 01 February 2007; p. 1 : | | Description | Police say youth gangs are recruiting on the Shore and are concerned about their initiation methods. Area commander Les Paterson says police are developing strategies to help combat the emerging youth gang culture. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Girl gang preys on elderly. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 02 February 2006; p. 1. | | Description | A gang of highly organised female criminals is targeting the elderly at North Shore shopping malls, supermarkets and carparks. Police describe actions people can take to prevent thefts of handbags and purses. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Mob life a warning to teens. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 19 November 1993; p. 3 | | Description | Peter Kahui's life as a Mongrel Mobster is like nothing that the Westlake teenagers could even try to imagine. And that's just how the reformed hardened criminal wants it. This week Peter joined the police SOBER programme and spoke to students at Westlake Boys' High School, about his life and problems with alcohol and drugs. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Police act on gang wars. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 25 March 2003; p. 1, 2 | | Description | Police are taking action to deal with violent territorial gang fights among North Shore youths. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Police swoop on 'family gang'. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 02 March 2006; p. 3. | | Description | Police have arrested four people with a close family connection over a spate of bagsnatchings from elderly women at North Shore shopping centres. Scott Cunningham comments. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Raid nabs gangster. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 06 August 2010; p.3 | | Description | Police say the King Cobras have not established themselves on the Shore despite the arrest of a patched member in Glenfield on Tuesday afternoon. Article includes photographs of the armed raid. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Shore gang wars erupt : wake up, parents warned. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 19 January 2007; p. 1 | | Description | Turf gang wars in North Shore's western suburbs have erupted over the past week and police warn that lives could be at risk. Les Paterson says the problem is mainly in Beach Haven and parts of Glenfield, but two incidents have occurred in central Takapuna. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Teen gangs fight over territory. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 21 March 2003; p. 1, 6 | | Description | Young North Shore party-goers claim that violence between youth gangs is escalating because of territorial wars. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Top cop issues gang pledge. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times, 22 January 2008; p. 5 | | Description | North Shore police commander, Les Paterson, has said he will resign if street gangs become established on the North Shore. Article refers to the recent assaults which suggested that "The Killer Beez" might have been responsible for these. | | View full record |
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| | Title | Youth fights are 'one-offs'. | | Source of Article | North Shore Times Advertiser, 17 April 2003; p. 5 | | Description | Police believe that confrontations between North Shore youths are limited to a series of one-off incidents. Spokeswoman Rebekah Holt says there is no evidence of organised fights among North Shore youths. | | View full record |
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