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Kōrero: Gangs

Gang brawl

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Gang brawl

This brawl between members of a bikie gang and members of the Mongrel Mob occured in The Square in Palmerston North in 1972. Public brawls between rival gangs during the 1970s heightened public concern about gangs.

Courtesy of the Manawatu Standard

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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)

Reference: EP/Crime/Gangs/Palmerston North

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Greg Newbold rāua ko Rāwiri Taonui, Gangs – Gangs and crime, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/28253/gang-brawl (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Greg Newbold rāua ko Rāwiri Taonui, i tāngia i te 30 March 2011, reviewed and revised 2 October 2018 me te āwhina o Jarrod Gilbert, updated 1 April 2020.