One of the interesting features of NZ life is that there are Gangs - rather well established gangs that have branches (chapters I believe is the technical term) all over the country. There is occasional inter gang violence and ongoing criminality by gang members. Sometimes they are involved in things like pawa (abalone) poaching rings. The two most famous gangs are “Black Power” and “The Mongrel Mob”. Picture well built guys with serious amounts of tattooing. But the Mafia they aint. (Mind you, pawa poaching is not to be taken lightly!)
There is a story on the front page today’s “Dominion Post” (the Wellington daily paper) about a Police Matron who is retiring after a long career, taking care of remand prisoners with health needs. So she was well known to all the regulars in Wellington courts. She was once caught in the crossfire, when Black Power gang members fired (with a shotgun) on a police van in which she was escorting a member of the Mongrel Mob. She sustained a bruised leg – and then received an Interflora delivery of flowers from Black Power, by means of an apology.
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