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Wairoa Mongrel Mob headquarters

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Wairoa Mongrel Mob headquarters

An Armed Offenders Squad officer stands outside the Wairoa Mongrel Mob headquarters in November 2003 as police search the premises. The search was prompted after a man was fatally shot following a gang brawl outside the Wairoa courthouse. This approach to gangs is termed suppression.

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Greg Newbold and Rāwiri Taonui, Gangs – Gangs and society, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/28263/wairoa-mongrel-mob-headquarters (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Greg Newbold and Rāwiri Taonui, published 30 March 2011, reviewed and revised 2 October 2018 with assistance from Jarrod Gilbert, updated 1 April 2020.