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.

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 ...

A legal challenge to the so-called gang patch ban has been compared the controversial legislation to Nazi Germany and the Taliban. Lawyer Chris Nicholls is asking the High Court at Wellington to ...

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 dozens of patches and laid hundreds of charges against people since a new law was introduced three months ago. The Gangs Act came into force in November, banning gang patches in ...