ban gang patches from public spaces, and restrict gang members' right to congregate in public or communicate with each other. A specialized National Gang Unit will focus on enforcing those policies.

Police have also seized dozens of gang patches in the three months since a new law against wearing them publicly was introduced.

A legal challenge to the so-called gang patch ban has been compared the controversial legislation to Nazi Germany and the ...

Police have executed 13 search warrants across Hawke’s Bay, Gisborne, Wairoa, Auckland, and Dannevirke to seize gang patches and other gang-related clothing worn at a high-profile Mongrel Mob tangi ...

In the three months since the Government’s new gang laws came into effect Police have seized 76 patches, 67 firearms, and laid 337 charges for insignia breaches. Police Minister Mark Mitchell ...

Police have laid 33 charges relating to gang insignia breaches in the Central District - which includes Whanganui - since the ...

A legal challenge to the gang patch ban has been launched in Wellington's High Court, arguing the law infringes freedom of ...

Police have seized 76 gang patches and 67 guns under the Government's patch ban. The Police Commissioner says gang members have been mostly compliant since the laws banning insignia began.