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A veteran social justice advocate says Labour should take a social policy approach to gangs and gun crime rather than try to one-up the National Party.
This week Police Minister Poto Williams and Justice Minister Kris Faafoi announced plans for a Firearms Prohibition Order Bill to crack down on gun ownership by organised criminals - including gang members – and an amendment to the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act so those people would have to prove their assets were obtained legally.
Denis O’Reilly says while anything that reduces gun crime is a good thing, the ministers are confusing criminal issues with the social issues that drove the creation of indigenous gangs.
Whangārei police appeal for witnesses to Kamo drive-by shooting one week on
13 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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The Whangārei street where the shooting took place is usually quiet with residents living in the cul-de-sac preferring to keep to themselves. Photo / Michael Cunningham
The Whangārei street where the shooting took place is usually quiet with residents living in the cul-de-sac preferring to keep to themselves. Photo / Michael Cunningham
Northern Advocate
A hushed residential cul-de-sac where Whangārei locals kept to themselves was the unexpected scene of a drive-by shooting that has shocked the city s leader.
Whangārei Mayor Sheryl Mai was enormously grateful no one inside the house on Brunner Tce in Kamo was injured, or worse – killed, when it was targeted in a drive-by shooting believed to be gang-related around 6.30pm last Friday.