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 ...

Today, Police have made further arrests following an investigation into gang insignia breaches during the tangi for a senior Mongrel Mob member late last year.

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.

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 ...