Police Minister, Mark Mitchell says laws giving police officers more power to disrupt gang activity will have a "big impact" on reducing crime in New Zealand.
It comes after the man wanted over a fatal shooting on Auckland's Ponsonby Rd on Sunday night was confirmed to have been a member of the Killer Beez gang.
Police Minister Mark Mitchell said the "awful situation" on Ponsonby Rd highlighted New Zealand's widespread gang problem.
He said the Government has rolled out "a very big public safety agenda" in the House, but that it has a "hard job ahead of us" to turn around law and order.
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7 май 2024
