A tourist strayed into a notorious slum in Rio de Janeiro and was shot dead by drug traffickers.

Jamie Pink has pleaded not guilty to charges of possessing weapons.

Patched members and associates of the Head Hunters gang arrested in a series of armed raids across Christchurch this morning have appeared in court.

Armed bikies are posing for pictures in suburban streets as fears grow that a turf war will erupt between rival gangs staking a claim to the Gold Coast.

Waitemata Police have stopped prosecuting small-time P dealers. Does the Government agree?

NZ has the fourth-highest rate of child deaths from assault in the OECD. Simon Collins visited three communities to look for the root causes.

Musician Tigilau Ness won this year's Vodafone NZ Music Awards roots reggae award. The 61-year-old father of singer Che Fu is a political activist.

Veterans of two Hawke's Bay gangs will bike alongside each other in the fight against domestic violence in the White Ribbon Ride which

The jury returned its verdicts yesterday in the trial of two men accused of murdering Craig Rippon. In the High Court at Whanganui

An epidemic of methamphetamine is ripping communities apart - but the fightback has begun.

Footage has emerged online of Tribal Huk members yelling for P dealers to leave Ngaruawahia.

Murder accused documented his neighbours' movements and took photos and videos as part of a plan to get them evicted.

The streets are 'eerily quiet', but the success of gang Tribal Huk's ultimatum is in dispute.

The Tribal Huk gang leader who claims to have rid Ngaruawahia of P dealers has the bullet holes to prove it wasn't an easy fight.

The Government's $15 million worth of anti-drug initiatives is welcomed in the Bay of Plenty, where meth use is on the rise, but some

Police have named the man who died yesterday morning after he was taken in a critical condition to Whangarei's St John station in a dash to get him medical help.

Young people in state care will soon have a right to stay in or return to care until they turn 21.

COMMENT: Can vigilantism be condoned in the fight against scourge of meth?

A Ngaruawahia local board member says he's disappointed it took a gang that rid the town of meth, rather than the police.

As of Saturday morning, the small Waikato town was P free, a gang source said.

The Waikato mayor has accused the Tribal Huk gang leader of "grandstanding" over his ultimatum to drug dealers.

The deadline in Ngaruawahia is up but little appears to have shaken the quiet Waikato town ... so far.

A notorious gang has given the meth dealers in its Waikato town 24 hours to leave - and they say they'll only ask nicely the first time.

The Government is injecting $50,000 into steering young people away from Hawke's Bay's gang scene, but many say it would be better invested in whānau and parenting skills. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The Government is injecting $50,000 into steering young people away from Hawke’s Bay’s gang scene, but many say it would be better invested in whānau and parenting skills. Youth worker Adrian Pritchard says a holistic approach needs to be taken, and targeting youth alone won’t work. Made with funding from NZ on Air

The inaugural Black Power Film Festival offers wine, appetisers and discussion - perhaps not the first things most people would associate with a gang.

The Bandido Motorcycle Club is modelled on Mexican bandits who lived by their own rules.

With gangs deeply ingrained in Hawke's Bay, a new government initiative to steer youth away from them could provide lasting benefit

As a gang member held a knife to his throat, Jarrod Gilbert wondered if he was about to die.

More than $435 million worth of property, cars, cash and other assets has been frozen in New Zealand under a contentious law used