Inside ram raids: Why NZ teens are crashing cars into shops 

When you ask the Police “ what is the solution? “ and then he ask’s the reporter “ what do you think should be the solution?” 😂

They know they can get away with it, that's why.

Hold the parents to account ! will have an immediate effect overnight.

The female cop was lying through her teeth. older adults are telling the younger kids to do these crimes knowing full well there's no consequences.

I think the shop keepers need to fight back.I would'nt post fighting back even contact the Police.The Police have become useless.

We have some of the lowest forms of human life in NZ. Luckily they're the minority, but if you look at the demographic birth rates, they're the ones having the most kids now. The future of this country looks quite bleak.

What a great country to live in

Frankly it’s poor parenting. 90% Maori/Polynesian. It’s a mindset that is considered a part of culture. 60 years ago it was 90% white crime. The solution is a change of culture. The culture of Maori and Polynesian seems to be an emphasis of being tough and cool.

That islander cop he is exactly what we need empathy understanding patience and COMPASSION

Time for harsh punishment start locking them up you never hear of this shit happening in Singapore or Japan etc where laws are strict

In who's reality does a 10 yr old not realise it's wrong to drive stolen car into a shop to steal kids do it cause the law around the world has gone soft on kiddie crime you reap what you sow

My husband is African-American and his father owned a liquor store in Inglewood, California. One night, whilst he was closing up the store, three teens armed with baseball bats and machetes went into his store, smashing up stuff and grabbing whatever bottles they could. My husband's dad then pulled out a revolver and shot one of those teens through the neck, causing the other two to just drop the stuff they were trying to steal and run away. A lot of the businesses in that street were robbed but for many years after that incident, his liquor store wasn't. It was firebombed in retaliation because the teen he shot was the younger brother of one of those other teens who were smashing up his store, but he wasn't robbed again since. At the time, I thought what my husband's father did was excessive but at this point, I get it.

Wouldn't mind if the same legal leniency was shown to anyone who wants to defend their property. Like....let the prey have some claws and teeth too??

They do this stuff cuz they're young enough to get away with it + olders influencing them + home life isn't too flash

Not sure how I stumbled across this news. I have never been to NZ but I was always under the impression that it is a nice and safe place. Looks like troubles are all the same everywhere.

Send the bloody parents to jail

Nz requires a 2A style protection for the victims of these violent situations

I thought the crime rate was low in NZ. Guess I was wrong!

Its a cultural issue too, the Maori and Pacifica family's/cousins and community need to take more responsibility for this, they need to make it completely aware to the kids this this totally unacceptable and they will be held accountable. Also we need to totally irradicate all gangs

What about the following : If < 17 and commit a crime then 1 parent (and/or grandparent) has to do some community work (in addition to the kid doing the community work alongside the parent). If the family refuses then some 'lock up time for the kid' with a focus on mentoring/rehab etc..

I think social media helped fuel this trend so much, yknow these kids see videos of these ramraids on tik tok or wherever and then they convince themselves they can do it too just from how easy it looked. It's sad.

Time to make a new law similar to home invasion.

The parents of these kids should be held accountable for their children. I am a beneficiary so I honestly believe their payments should be reduced through their failure to parent. Tell me otherwise and show me an alternative

they aint crashing cars into shops they are deliberately driving them into the shop to break in

Locking a child up is not going to solve but breaking their ankles and wrist will.... Its only a matter of time before the victims take up arms and deliver swift justice then & there

Shop keepers should keep dogs in the shop at night

Fantastic journalism

I need to explain a few things about these ram raids and the young people doing it, I,m a Maori and I know that the majority of these young people are Maori and Pacific Islanders we don't preach what we say as communities especially the leaders of these communities and iwi, point in fact we have gangs that come onto Maraes thats right with their patches and colors on that's great isn't it. Most of these young people who are brought up in gang families, drug addicted and alcohol fuel whanau groups, just imagine a 3 to 5 year old in that situation that is imprinted on them for life future gangsters and hoods. The gangs are pulling the strings behind the scenes that is fact! how to fix it get these young people back to school employ truancy officers, if they refuse they go into a controlled facility to get help. Time to outlaw gang club houses, restrict their movements only in groups of 4, if they have a criminal record no association with gangs ever and Kainga Ora you are one of the main facilitators in housing gang members and their whanau no more.

Feral rats. Time for community justice police aren't coming

Solution#1. Asking the RIGHT questions.

was there a ram raid in Westmere?

nothing will be done as the criminals are part of a privileged and protected class in NZ.

Cuddles don't heal psychopathic tendencies.

Evrything that's been going on plays a big part in all this, jacinda fucked up in a way. But this problem is small compare to what she has infront of her.

Because there's so much HATE hurt turned into HATE!!! ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!!!

What about the elders? I am 74years, an elder of these generations. During my school years, 50s to 60s, me & my parents chose to invest in education What did my peers choose? What were they doin to establish a sound foundation? Nothing's magic. Its all hard work.

They should have a special alarm system that sounds when its doors are broken and the sound should be so deafeningly loud that the thieves risk their hearing when they break in or put pepper spray in a roof sprinkler or they could put trapdoors right behind the stores main entrance that when stepped on the thieves fall into a pit of stinking shet or they could put tripwires all over the store and when they're tripped they activate a police phone call along with boxes of nails thick enough to penetrate a thick rubber boot that scatter along the floor or put spikes just before the door so it pops their tyres

Finally a video where we can comment :)

You think it's justified to give more resources and hope to the offenders than the victims? You are irredeemable. Look at what happened this week, Re:news. Innocent blood is on your hands. #JusticeforJanakPatel

If it's a poverty issue then why don't most poverty stricken people behave this way? I grew up in much worse poverty than many of todays kids and the worst I stole was a k-bar. There's other reasons.

That rubbish about poverty . I lived in this country half of my life . If you don’t like working hard it’s your problem

ITS SO SAD TO SEE PARENTS WORKING 2-3 JOBS PER DAY PER WEEK JUST TO SURVIVE AND TO PROVIDE FOR THERE FAMILIES BUT SAYING THAT WHEN I WAS PROVIDING FOR MY FAMILY I WAS WORKING 2 JOBS

*Excellent strategy.*

political issue, govt who wants less crims in prison, means more on bail and alternatives to prison, not all are doing ram raids but they have kids with them, no gonna get evicted from HNZ houses, nothing to lose, govt needs to address sentencing laws and reform youth justice system by the time they are 14 doing ram raids most are already lost ... not in school they couldnt care less about it nor their parents / guardians ....

What all these people are missing is the biggest factor. Social media and trying to be cool. It's about attention.

Robber gets injured during a ram raid. ACC will cover it.

stupid rulez thats what happens when you take away parents right to discipline there children, now deal with your mess

Why would these Kids respect the community or society? Are they not taught that the land was stolen from them, are they not taught that the system is Racist? Are they not taught it’s not there fault it’s colonisation. Isn’t the police force Racist? We spending 2million dollars are we not?

No one to answer to. No punishment. Easy cash . Impress The gang from where they live . Older brothers . Fathers uncles auntys mothers cuzzies .

I feel Government of Pakistan and its special forces needs to get involved. Problem is NZ is too civilized to handle this problem.

Capital Punishment usually works for crimes like these

USA rap music basketball fashion wasn't the only thing to make it to NZ and Australia ram raids did too

The government needs to get there shit together and get more help for these very young kids.

That is so false and bs this lady saying they don’t know there are people behind these buisnesses? You’re part of the problem, giving the criminals more excuses ofcourse they know their peoples shops and businesses no matter how young they are

Was he picking up broken glass and emptying it in a plastic bag?

That is nothing new, go back to the 80's.

Need cops like that islander one for kids they will listen to someone they like

Electronic bollards that raise up at night, and monitoring equipment on those caught would be a good start. Along with random police patrols in high risk areas over night.

Potholes everywhere so the kids won't get far

O the poor kids are the victims not the shop keepers. Woke madness is here nz

Arden took all the weapons off the average kiwi ,now we reap the benefits of not being able to defend our selves against the evil bastards in front of us, absolute injustice on her part.

Build an institution and lock them with rehab system like boastal

Thanks for covering this issue. Victims on both sides. Not only the shopkeepers and business owners but also these troubled youths and children who have poor role models and are disconnected from the education system.

put the parents in jail

Brick flower pots and big rocks make cheap nice looking bollard. Dogs have been forgotten if I worked in a liquor store any where I'd have a big shop dog simple as that

Multiple solutions for a big problem 😎🙏

Auckland new zealand is turning into the new california don't forget what I just said

Do kaltrops at doorways help?

Now that national in. it's gonna get worse

Basically it means no consequences for the minors.

What happened when parents don’t discipline there kids bring the law back in where parents can smack there kids they need structure and hiding

Two words. Bollard Barricades.

PUT BOLLARDS IN FRONT OF YOUR SHOPS AND THE RAM RAIDS WILL STOP

Money! 💰

They are being fed by something, but what.

The hell hole of the south pacific NZ!

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Best to leave them alone

if you are a kid you can get away free like a slap on the rest police warning that is if you get caught

Lack of Respect - Their Parent or 's see the Lack of Respect the Government has to them and the kids grow in an environment where respect is Earned and the police and government haven't Earned these Young Peoples Respect. So the Kids and displaying the Same Colour of Respect to others - Deprivation doesn't Conga Respect

That cop has a sick neck tat tbh

Send those kids to the army

A teenager who steals cars for order told me today 'I wanna go to Aussie, fkn hate NZ' -they watch the news & see Sam Kane, Sam Uffindell & National created the MotelGeneration.

Bro they doing it for fun yah dork and they broke it's got nothing to do with being abused and that 🤣🤦 garrmon wake up the more they do it the more yungins wants to do it nothing gone change them it's not there fault and neither is there parents

Omg. Were are the responsibility of their parents. Those children need to take responsibility of their actions. The solution is to lock 🔐. Take them to the army to train to be future soldiers cos the future will be world 🌎 war 111. You do the crime you pay for it alot of business owners have lost & repaired their business cos of those children. They should be doing community work also. Don't let them get away with crime. Send them to boot camp Samoa to do plantation. Faifai pe'a. lol.

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This stuff is great 🤣🤣

Constantly focusing on the criminals, No concern for the victims of crime, People who run businesses. Using catchy words like "Complex issues" How about uphokd the law, Lock People up

Be patient whanau. The more these little eggs do these the bigger the punishments can be in regards to ‘ Making an Example’ 😊

New Zealand need to change the law of teenagers parents should now where there kids are at night and day parents are so bad to brought up there kids in a right manner

If they rob yr shop the best way to defend yourself when they come to you get the hottest 🌶 throw at is face is eye will get burn and you catch a thief they can't run you call the police 🚨

They been caught !

understand the kids most of them come from one parent familys , and have no father role , its easy to blame them but its getting the root of the problem , its shocking for bissness whats ,going on , but locking kids up will just make it worse comming from broken home my self , u relize ,what going on , kids at that age are told or theated to do it by older cowards , who wont do it them selfs , scam bags , at or 12 that,s just not normal . its about seeing the generation cruse if u like ,

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wow

The attack on small business continues by big government and big business.

It happened because Jacinda Ardern pressed the crime button, if I were prime minister I would not press that button

Don't go to Aussie..make sure they have no peace baaa!! Ps. & these kids ain't MSD kids either haaa!..made to order. '2022..we've come a long way' - Pinocchio

Yeah did you see the japanese supporters cleaning up the stands after there national team bet germany. They have respect. Not like nz youth.

Boredom