A ban on New Zealanders wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public has taken effect, with police officers arresting a man for breaking the law three minutes later.
Members of patched gangs gather before marching to parliament during a protest against a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown, in Wellington, New Zealand , Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024. WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A ban on New Zealand ers wearing or displaying symbols of gang affiliation in public took effect on Thursday, with police officers making their first arrest for a breach of the law three minutes later.
“Gangs aren’t community groups. They’re not a Rotary club,” Prime Minister Christopher Luxon wrote on social media Thursday. “They thrive on destroying the lives of other New Zealanders, whether that’s by peddling drugs or through brutal acts of violence that leave communities in fear.”New Zealand’s founding treaty is at a flashpoint. Why are thousands protesting for Māori rights?
The measures shift New Zealand’s response to gangs closer to that of neighboring Australia, which also uses a law to suppress the public visibility of gangs, and away from jurisdictions like the U.S. and Britain, which use criminal law to respond to specific activities carried out by organized crime groups, according to a report published by Treasury officials in February.
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