New Zealand is marketed as a pristine paradise but gangs are growing even after government’s anti-gang measures

The simple act of crossing the road landed gang member Calen Morris in more trouble with the police.

He had been wearing his leather patch – depicting a horned skull engulfed in red flames, and the gang’s name “Head Hunters” spelled in giant gothic lettering – at a private party at the group’s clubhouse in late October. He left the event, walked across the road to his car and drove off.

Then, Morris said, his house was raided by the police, who he says seized his patch, arrested him and told his partner to flee with their children. They also raided the clubhouse.

Morris, 40, is accused of wearing his patch while crossing a public road – a breach of a recent law banning…

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