COMMENT: The police have been deemed me unfit to undertake crime research because I know criminals, writes Dr Jarrod Gilbert.

Whanganui could be inundated with Black Power members this weekend, as gang associates arrive for the city chapter leader's tangi.

An estimated 400 Mongrel Mob members will descend on a paddock in Te Aute today to celebrate the gang's 50th anniversary.

Council takes leap of faith to give another chance to Black Power member who was jailed for assault and grievous bodily harm.

A high-profile lawyer has rubbished Queensland's anti-bikie laws, saying they are totally useless and nothing more than a political stunt.

An increasing number of at-risk prisoners are being put in segregation.

A group of Mongrel Mob members have been jailed for at least four years as a judge rejected the explanation they were performing a community service.

Bail has been denied for a 56-year-old man arrested after a drug bust linked to the Head Hunters gang.

Fears government systems and services have been turned to the gang's purposes.

A Mongrel Mob gang member who ran down and killed a police officer in a stolen car has been denied parole.

A High Court judge suggested the police “probably” broke the law by faking a prosecution against an undercover officer to boost his credibility with a gang.

In bikie club culture where loyalty and territory are highly valued, disagreements can too easily boil over, writes Jarrod Gilbert.

Seven people have been arrested in Kaikohe as part of a crack down on gangs in the area, police say.

Two men were arrested after gang-related disorder in Ashburton yesterday.

The Dunedin Notorious Mongrel Mob is distancing itself from a plan to allow gang members to compete for the city's green space contracts.

The Notorious Mongrel Mob and Black Power could be coming to a lawn near you.

Wellsford businesses are supporting a charity motorcycle run by a gang whose fellow chapter was caught manufacturing meth, according to police.

It is a quarter of a century since Straight Outta Compton, the seminal gangsta rap album, made a 25 sq km area of Los Angeles synonymous with gang violence and murder.

Cabinet signed off tough new measures to tackle gangs on the basis of inaccurate information which over-estimated the scale of the crime problem.

Figures used by Police Minister Anne Tolley to justify a new law tackling gangs were wrong, police admitted last night.

I write this as a gang member. This month the Government announced a new plan to deal with gangs. It's something of a pre-election tradition, but let's put that aside.

A 33-year-old man charged with the murder of Connor Morris has made a brief appearance in court in Kaitaia this morning.

Two brothers who lived at the West Auckland home outside where Connor Morris was killed have gone into hiding amid fears of retaliation.

"Dead men walking": Threats of retribution against the killers of Connor Morris are escalating seven days after his death during a fight.

Police investigating the death of Connor Morris have located a number of items of interest but say it is too soon to say if they have the weapon that killed him.

Millie Elder-Holmes paid an emotional tribute to her "soulmate" and the man she credited with saving her life.

More than one hundred bikes lined the street outside a gang headquarters in Auckland as mourners turned out to pay tribute to Connor Morris.

Connor Morris had rejoined the Head Hunters in recent months, which could increase the risk of retaliation over his death despite police saying it wasn't a gang hit.

With the figures for recorded crime trending very much in the right direction, it is difficult for the Government to bang too insistently on that old standby.