Simon Collins reports from Manurewa in the third of a five-part series on communities that are trying to rescue our young from gangs.
Somehow youth workers have been able to establish relationships with Manurewa young people that are completely different from the way the youngsters interact with their teachers.
"We see them as like family to us, we don't see them as teachers," explains Clendon year eight student Shadae Williams.
"They don't down