New Zealand Bike Gang

By the 1970s established gangs included black power mongrel mob head hunters and stormtroopers.

New zealand bike gang.

The arrival of the 501s named after the character section their visas were cancelled under has radically changed new zealand s gang landscape. Only men could be patched members of outlaw motorcycle gangs. The new zealand police have distinguished between new zealand gangs with predominantly maori and pacific islander membership outlaw motorcycle gangs and local street gangs. They didn t ride bikes but they quickly developed all the trimmings of an outlaw motorcycle club.

The head hunters were formed in 1967 followed by highway 61 in 1968. Their members are a common sight on the country s roads and truck stops immediately identifiable in patched vests and riding oversized motorcycles. Highway 61 was the largest motorcycle gang in new zealand in 2010. In the 1960s a gang of variously disaffected youth sprang up in hawkes bay new zealand.

Gangs have existed for decades in new zealand.